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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608.005

Legislative declaration

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NRS 608.005  Legislative declaration.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the health and welfare of workers and the employment of persons in private enterprise in this State are of concern to the State and that the health and welfare of persons required to earn their livings by their own endeavors require certain safeguards as to hours of service, working conditions and compensation therefor.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1582)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1989–2023 · leading case: Risinger v. SOC LLC
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Risinger v. SOC LLC (2013) nvd · cites it 5× “Nevada Statutory Claims (Counts 9-13) In addition to the common law claims, Risinger also brings five Nevada statutory claims under the Nevada Wage and Hour Law (“NWHL”), NRS § 608.005 et seq. The NWHL, like the'federal Fair Labor Standards Act, establishes various employment…”
Massachusetts v. Morash (1989) scotus “§ 48-1228 to 48-1232 (1988); Nev. Rev. Stat. §§608.005 to 608.060 (1987); N.”
Baldonado v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC (2008) nev “180 provides that “[t]he Labor Commissioner or his representative shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, to be enforced.”
Jesse Busk v. Integrity Staffing Solutions (2013) ca9 “The Nevada Legislature has entrusted the enforcement of this statute to the state Labor Commissioner by expressly providing that the “Labor Commissioner or the representative of the Labor Commissioner shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.”
State, Department of Human Resources v. Fowler (1993) nev “The legislative declaration of the purpose of NRS Chapter 608 is contained in NRS 608.005, which provides: *787 The legislature hereby finds and declares that the health and welfare of workers and the employment of persons in private enterprise in this state are of concern to…”
NEVILLE, JR. VS. DIST. CT. (TERRIBLE HERBST, INC.) (2017) nev · cites it 2× “180 expressly states that "[Ole Labor Commissioner or [his representative] shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, to be enforced.”
Reed v. Chambers (2023) nvd · cites it 2× “The OLC responded that, because Plaintiff was filing a complaint against 11 a public entity, the OLC could not pursue it, citing NRS 608.005 and NRS 608.0113. (Id.). 12 Plaintiff wrote another letter on June 6, 2022, arguing that neither NRS 608.”
Mayweather v. CVSM, LLC (2023) nvd · cites it 2× “6 The statute concerning enforcement of NRS §§ 608.005–608.195 states that the “Labor 7 Commissioner or representative [thereof] shall cause the provisions of NRS [§] 608.”
Terry v. Sapphire Gentlemen's Club (2014) nev · cites it 2× “" See NRS 608.005. And, while labor and employment laws that effectuate different goals "should not be entirely discounted, we must remain cognizant that they were not enacted for precisely the same purpose as the Minimum Wage Act.”
NEVILLE, JR. VS. DIST. CT. (TERRIBLE HERBST, INC.) (2017) nev “180 expressly states that "[Ole Labor Commissioner or [his representative] shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, to be enforced.”
Buchanan v. Watkins & Letofsky, LLP (2019) nvd “180) (“The Labor Commissioner or [her 12 representative] shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, and 608.”
Hershman v. Full Spectrum Laser LLC (2023) nvd “Plaintiffs sue for violations of the FLSA and Nevada 21 Revised Statutes § 608.005. Id. at 8–9. Full Spectrum opposes certification of a collective action.”
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