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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 281.370 (2026)

Actions concerning personnel to be based on merit and fitness; discrimination prohibited

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NRS 281.370  Actions concerning personnel to be based on merit and fitness; discrimination prohibited.

      1.  All personnel actions taken by state, county or municipal departments, housing authorities, agencies, boards or appointing officers thereof must be based solely on merit and fitness.

      2.  State, county or municipal departments, housing authorities, agencies, boards or appointing officers thereof shall not refuse to hire a person, discharge or bar any person from employment or discriminate against any person in compensation or in other terms or conditions of employment because of the person’s race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, political affiliation or disability, except when based upon a bona fide occupational qualification.

      3.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Disability” means, with respect to a person:

             (1) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the person;

             (2) A record of such an impairment; or

             (3) Being regarded as having such an impairment.

      (b) “Protective hairstyle” includes, without limitation, hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists.

      (c) “Race” includes traits associated with race, including, without limitation, hair texture and protective hairstyles.

      (Added to NRS by 1959, 137; A 1973, 980; 1985, 1561; 1987, 2266; 1991, 1021; 1995, 814; 1999, 1941; 2011, 501; 2021, 1707)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1975–1990 · leading case: Palmer v. State, 787 P.2d 803 (Nev. 1990).
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Palmer v. State, 787 P.2d 803 (Nev. 1990). · cites it 3× “Palmer’s second contention, that her complaint could have been brought directly under NRS 281.370, lacks merit. NRS 281.370 2 does not provide for any private right of action.”
Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Nevada Sys. v. Oakley, 637 P.2d 1199 (Nev. 1981). · cites it 4× “The trial court agreed with Oakley; the court declared that the policy of mandatory retirement was a violation of NRS 281.370 and could not, therefore, be enforced by the Regents.”
Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Beebe, 533 P.2d 161 (Nev. 1975). · cites it 5× “Assembly Bill 543 (amending NRS 281.370, among other statutes) was introduced in the Legislature on March 8, 1973.”
Bd. of Regents, Etc. v. Oakley, 637 P.2d 1199 (Nev. 1981). · cites it 4× “The trial court agreed with Oakley; the court declared that the policy of mandatory retirement was a violation of NRS 281.370 and could not, therefore, be enforced by the Regents.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 281.370(2) — 1 case
Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Beebe, 533 P.2d 161 (Nev. 1975). “Assembly Bill 543 (amending NRS 281.370, among other statutes) was introduced in the Legislature on March 8, 1973.”
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