The State of Nevada Office of Labor Commissioner reminded employers of the new Paid Leave Law for private employers starts January 1, 2020.  Highlights of the new regulations is as follows:

  1. An employee is entitled to at least 0.01923 hours of paid leave for each hour of work performed. This equates to 40 hours of Paid Leave annually assuming 2080 hours worked for the year.
  2. Paid leave may be carried over except an employer may limit the amount of paid leave for each employee carried over to a maximum of 40 hours per benefit year
  3. An employer may set a minimum increment of paid leave, not to exceed 4 hours which an employee may use at any one time.
  4. An employer shall provide to each employee on each payday an accounting of the hours of paid leave available for use by the employee.
  5. An employee may use paid leave available for use by the employee without providing a reason to his or her employer for such use. However, the employee, as soon as practicable, give notice to his or her employer to use the paid leave available for use by that employee.
  6. An employer shall not deny an employee the right to use paid leave available for use by that employee in accordance with the conditions of this section. The employer shall not require an employee to find a replacement worker as a condition of using paid leave available for use by that employee.  The employer shall not retaliate against an employee for using paid leave available for use by that employee.
  7. An employer shall maintain a record of the receipt or accrual and use of paid leave for each employee for a 1-year period.
  8. For the first 2 years of operation, an employer is not required to comply with the provisions of this section.
  9. The statute does not apply to those under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

For more information contact the Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner at labor.nv.gov.