Nevada overtime, minimum wage law changes advance

CARSON CITY — A joint legislative conference committee approved a change to Nevada’s overtime and minimum wage law Sunday.

Senate Bill 193 would increase the minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to $9 an hour for workers with employers that don’t offer health insurance benefits.

Additionally, overtime would kick in after an employee has worked 10 hours in a one-day period. However, it has an “8-hour reset.” That means employees would not be eligible for overtime if they are off for eight hours and then come back on the same day.

Stacey Shinn, a lobbyist with Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, an advocacy group, said the changes would help worker safety and still allow employees to get overtime when working long shifts.

The bill faces final approval from the Assembly and Senate. The conference committee was necessary after the bill was amended.

In its original form, overtime would not have kicked in until after a worker clocked 40 hours in a one-week period. The bill would not apply to employees covered by collective bargaining.

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