Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 612.185 (2026)

“Unemployed” defined; regulations by Administrator; exceptions

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NRS 612.185 “Unemployed” defined; regulations by Administrator; exceptions.

1. A person shall be deemed “unemployed” in any week during which the person performs no services and with respect to which no remuneration is payable to the person or in any week of less than full-time work if the remuneration payable to the person with respect to such week is less than one and one-half times the person’s weekly benefit amount if the person has no dependents or less than one and one-half times the person’s augmented weekly benefit amount if the person has dependents.

2. The Administrator shall adopt regulations applicable to unemployed persons, making such distinctions in the procedures as to total unemployment, partial unemployment of persons who were totally unemployed, partial unemployment of persons who retain their regular employment and other forms of part-time work, as the Administrator deems necessary.

3. No person shall be deemed to be unemployed in any week in which the person:

(a) Is self-employed;

(b) Receives benefits for a temporary total disability or a temporary partial disability pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or 617 of NRS; or

[2:129:1937; renumbered 2.13:129:1937, 1945, 299; A 1949, 257; 1951, 339; 1955, 698]—(NRS A 1957, 754; 1985, 802; 1993, 533, 1806; 1995, 530; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 82)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1989–2018 · leading case: Whitney v. State, Dep't of Emp. Sec., 783 P.2d 459 (Nev. 1989).

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Whitney v. State, Dep't of Emp. Sec., 783 P.2d 459 (Nev. 1989). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the majority refuses to recognize Whitney's promotional endeavors as "self-employment" simply because self-employment is undefined in the statute.”

Anderson v. State, Emp't Sec. Div., 2014 NV 32 (Nev. 2014). · cites it 12× “The 1993 Legislature amended both NRS 612.185, reprinted supra § I.A, and MRS 612.”

Abate v. Ace Cab (Nev. 2018). “" NRS 612.185(1). Therefore, an individual can be "unemployed" for purposes of Nevada's unemployment compensation legislation while he or she is on strike, even though an employer-employee relationship still exists.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 612.185(1) — 1 case

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 612.185(3) — 1 case

Anderson v. State, Emp't Sec. Div., 2014 NV 32 (Nev. 2014). “The 1993 Legislature amended both NRS 612.185, reprinted supra § I.A, and MRS 612.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 612.185(3)(a) — 1 case

Whitney v. State, Dep't of Emp. Sec., 783 P.2d 459 (Nev. 1989). “Moreover, the majority refuses to recognize Whitney's promotional endeavors as "self-employment" simply because self-employment is undefined in the statute.”

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