In 2004 and 2006, Nevada voters passed an amendment to the Nevada Constitution, adding the Minimum Wage Amendment (“MWA”), which requires employers to pay their employees one of two minimum wage rates, dependent on whether the employer offers “qualifying health benefits.” Currently, if an employer offers health benefits, it may pay its employees a lower minimum wage of $7.25 an […]

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit – the federal appellate court for many western states, including California and Nevada – held that mandatory employment arbitration agreements containing a waiver of employees’ substantive right to pursue class action cases or other concerted, work-related legal claims violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). In other words, employers […]