Revises requirements relating to payment of wages and compensation to certain employees. (BDR 53-557)
SB 198 updates Nevada’s wage payment rules for employees who resign, quit, are discharged, or are placed on temporary layoff. It requires employers to pay all owed wages and compensation (including fringe benefits like health insurance) by 5 p.m. the next calendar day after payment is due - tightening the previous 3-day deadline. For late payments, employers must pay an additional amount equal to 1.5 times the employee’s hourly wage for 8 hours per day of delay, up to 30 days. Additionally, cannabis businesses violating labor laws face automatic license revocation instead of settlement agreements, though this provision applies only to cannabis establishments.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Vetoed Jun 2, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's wage laws to clarify how employers must pay employees who resign, quit, or are fired. It expands the definition of 'compensation' to include bonuses, profit-sharing, and retirement contributions, ensuring these are paid on the same schedule as regular wages. Additionally, it increases the penalty for late payment from a simple rate continuation to a specific liquidated damages amount equal to 1.5 times the hourly wage for each day the payment is late.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of 'compensation' covered under wage laws to include previously excluded items like bonuses and 401(k) contributions, applying these rules to all employees subject to the state's wage statutes.
DEFINITION
Expanded the definition of 'compensation' to explicitly include bonuses, profit-sharing arrangements, fringe benefits, and employer contributions to retirement plans like 401(k).
TIMELINE
Changed the payment deadline for employees who resign or quit from 'the regular payday or 7 days, whichever is earlier' to 'the day the employee would have regularly been paid.'
ENFORCEMENT
Revised the penalty for late payment to require an additional sum equal to 1.5 times the hourly wage for each day the payment is late, up to a 30-day maximum.
REQUIREMENT
Clarified that unpaid compensation for discharged or quitting employees must be paid on the same regular schedule as if the employee had continued working.
Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 2, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message.
executive
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate.
In Senate.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 303.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Skip Daly
DDemocratic
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