Nevada's constitutional minimum wage was set at $12 per hour effective July 2024 by the 2022 ballot measure. The rate is now indexed and applies uniformly statewide; Henderson cannot set a different local minimum.
Nevada voters in 2022 approved a constitutional amendment establishing a single $12-per-hour minimum wage effective July 1, 2024, eliminating the prior two-tier structure that depended on whether employers offered health insurance. Future increases follow inflation indexing. Henderson and other Nevada cities are preempted from establishing local higher wages; this differs from California cities that set their own floors. Tipped employees still earn the full minimum wage in Nevada, with no tip-credit reduction allowed. Enforcement is by the Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner with civil penalties for underpayment.
Paying below $12 per hour, applying tip credits to reduce wages, or misclassifying workers as exempt brings Labor Commissioner action, back-pay orders, and statutory penalties.
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