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New $12 per hour cost the final step of a phase-in law passed in 2019

New $12 per hour cost the final step of a phase-in law passed in 2019

June 5, 2024 Last Edit: July 29, 2024

New $12 per hour cost the final step of a phase-in law passed in 2019

Nevada’s minimum-wage rate jumps to $12 an hour on July 1, the final increase of a 2019 law that raised it in yearly, 75-cent increments from then until now.

Also, there is no more two-tiered rate based on the offering of health insurance, and the new pay rate makes employees eligible for daily overtime is $18/hour.

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