608.018 - Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions.

608.018  Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions.

      1.  An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an employee’s regular wage rate whenever an employee who receives compensation for employment at a rate less than 1 1/2 times the minimum rate prescribed pursuant to NRS 608.250 works:

      (a) More than 40 hours in any scheduled week of work; or

      (b) More than 8 hours in any workday unless by mutual agreement the employee works a scheduled 10 hours per day for 4 calendar days within any scheduled week of work.

      2.  An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an employee’s regular wage rate whenever an employee who receives compensation for employment at a rate not less than 1 1/2 times the minimum rate prescribed pursuant to NRS 608.250 works more than 40 hours in any scheduled week of work.

      3.  The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to:

      (a) Employees who are not covered by the minimum wage provisions of NRS 608.250;

      (b) Outside buyers;

      (c) Employees in a retail or service business if their regular rate is more than 1 1/2 times the minimum wage, and more than half their compensation for a representative period comes from commissions on goods or services, with the representative period being, to the extent allowed pursuant to federal law, not less than one month;

      (d) Employees who are employed in bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacities;

      (e) Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements which provide otherwise for overtime;

      (f) Drivers, drivers’ helpers, loaders and mechanics for motor carriers subject to the Motor Carrier Act of 1935, as amended;

      (g) Employees of a railroad;

      (h) Employees of a carrier by air;

      (i) Drivers or drivers’ helpers making local deliveries and paid on a trip-rate basis or other delivery payment plan;

      (j) Drivers of taxicabs or limousines;

      (k) Agricultural employees;

      (l) Employees of business enterprises having a gross sales volume of less than $250,000 per year;

      (m) Any salesperson or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, trucks or farm equipment; and

      (n) A mechanic or worker for any hours to which the provisions of subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 338.020 apply.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1583; A 1977, 1373; 1985, 578; 2003, 1742; 2005, 2520; 2009, 2493)