Posts tagged with ‘Minimum Wage Amendment’

  • Nevada Supreme Court Issues Long-Anticipated Interpretation of Minimum Wage Amendment

    By SHLC on June 28, 2018
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    Since 2006, Nevada’s two-tiered minimum wage has allowed employers who offer qualifying health benefits to employees to pay a dollar less per hour than employees to whom such benefits are not offered. However, until the Nevada Supreme Court’s decision in the closely-watched MDC Restaurants, LLC v. Eighth Judicial District (Diaz) on May 31, 2018, there was no clear standard for […]
  • The Supreme Court of Nevada Rules Nevada’s Minimum Wage Amendment Constitutional

    By SHLC on April 5, 2017
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    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 […]