Private businesses with 50 or more employees need to be aware of the changes in Paid Leave laws that became effective on January 1, 2020 under the SB312. Here are some of the main points:
- The paid leave is calculated as set forth in NRS 608.0197(1)(b). An employee is entitled to at least 0.01923 hours of paid leave for each hour of work performed and the employee may obtain paid leave by:
- Receiving on the first day of each benefit year* the total number of hours of paid leave that the employee is entitled to accrue; or
- Accruing over the course of a benefit year the total number of hours of paid leave that the employee is entitled to accrue in a benefit year.
- Employers can set a minimum of 4-hour increments for employees to take the paid leave.
- The employers may limit the paid leave to a total of 40 paid leave time hours in one benefit year.
- New Employees must be employed for 90 days before they can take any paid leave time.
- The employee must give notice as soon as practicable possible to use the paid leave.
- It is up to the employer to let employees carry over paid leave from one benefit year to the next. There is a maximum of 40 hours per benefit year that can be carried over.
- Employers will not have to be compensated for any unused paid leave upon separation from employment except as allowed by SB312 in the event the employee is rehired within 90 days after separation and the separation from employment was not due to the employee voluntarily leaving.
Here you can find a summary poster from the State of Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner.
*“Benefit year” means a 365-day period used by an employer when calculating the accrual of paid leave.
