Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB215: Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-132)
Status: Chaptered, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to employment; revising provisions relating to the employment of children; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: The federal Fair Labor Standards Act and existing state law establish certain standards relating to the employment of children. (29 U.S.C. § 212, 29 C.F.R. Part 570; chapter 609 of NRS) When such federal and state standards are different, the standards that provide the most protection to children apply. (29 U.S.C…
From the enrolled text, May 26, 2025:
AN ACT relating to employment; revising provisions relating to the employment of children; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: The federal Fair Labor Standards Act and existing state law establish certain standards relating to the employment of children. (29 U.S.C. § 212, 29 C.F.R. Part 570; chapter 609 of NRS) When such federal and state standards are different, the standards that provide the most protection to children apply. (29 U.S.C. § 218) With certain exceptions, both existing federal and state law restrict the daily and weekly number of hours worked in authorized employment by children who are 14 and 15 years of age. (29 C.F.R. § 570.35; NRS 609.240) In part, existing state law prohibits children who are 14 and 15 years of age from being employed, subject to certain exceptions, more than 48 hours in any 1 week. (NRS 609.240) Section 2 of this bill reduces the maximum allowable number of weekly work hours under this prohibition to 40 hours in any 1 week. With the exception of working as certain messengers, existing state law does not place restrictions on the times of day worked in authorized employment by children who are 14 years of age and older and under 18 years of age. (NRS 609.230, 609.240) However, existing federal law limits the …
Sponsors
- Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D, 1) · primary sponsor