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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608.011 (2026)

“Employer” defined

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NRS 608.011  “Employer” defined.  “Employer” includes every person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or any employee.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 578)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2024 · leading case: Boucher v. Shaw, 196 P.3d 959 (Nev. 2008).
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Boucher v. Shaw, 196 P.3d 959 (Nev. 2008). · cites it 11× “Under NRS 608.011, an “ ‘[e]mployer’ includes every person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment *1167 or any employee.”
Carolina Cas. Ins. v. McGhan, 572 F. Supp. 2d 1222 (D. Nev. 2008). · cites it 2× “, 482 F.3d 1064 , 1066 (9th Cir.2007) (certifying question of whether the notice requirements of Nev.”
Terry v. Sapphire Gentlemen's Club, 130 Nev. 879 (2014). · cites it 20× “010's definition of employee hinges on NRS 608.011's definition of employer, we must decide the larger issue of when an entity is an employer under NRS 608.”
Boucher v. Shaw, No. 05-15454 (9th Cir. July 27, 2009). · cites it 2× “” Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608.011 . Whether the defendants as individual managers can be held to be “employ- ers” under § 608.”
Yousif v. Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, No. 2:16-cv-02941 (D. Nev. Oct. 20, 2021). “See NRS 608.011 (defining an “employer” as “every person having control 23 custody .”
Mercer v. Caesars Ent., Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00958 (D. Nev. Mar. 29, 2024). “Defendants are employers engaged 18 ||in commerce under the provisions of NRS 608.011. 19 10. The identity of DOES 1-50 is unknown at this time and the Complaint will 20 ||be amended at such time when the identities are known to Plaintiffs.”
Boucher v. Shaw, No. 05-15454 (9th Cir. Apr. 6, 2007). “” Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608.011 . The question in this case is whether the defendants as individual managers are “employers” under § 608.”
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