On April 1, 2013, the Nevada Labor Commissioner, Thoran Towler,
made his annual announcement regarding Nevada's minimum wage.
The minimum wage will remain the same for 2013: $7.25 per hour for
employees who receive qualifying health benefits and $8.25 per hour
for employees who do not receive qualifying health benefits.
Contact Rachel Silverstein to determine whether the health benefits
you provide qualify for this reduction.
This announcement also means that the requirements for paying
daily overtime will not change this year. In Nevada, employees who
earn less than one-and-a-half times the minimum wage are entitled
to overtime for more than eight hours worked in a day (unless they
have an agreement to work four ten-hour shifts per week). Thus, the
daily overtime requirement applies when an employee earns less than
$10.88 per hour with qualifying health benefits or $12.38 without
qualifying health benefits. Of course, both Nevada and Federal law
outline several
