Las Vegas, Nev. (February 3, 2022) - There were several important developments in labor and employment law last year in the State of Nevada, including changes to the hiring process, anti-discrimination protections, and COVID-19 vaccine-related and re-hire legislation. Below is a summary of these key changes.
S.B. 327, passed on June 2, 2021, amends Nevada's definition of race under its anti-discrimination law to include traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective styles. "Protective hairstyles" includes, without limitation, hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks, and twists. It is illegal for employers to discriminate based on a person's protective hairstyle and employers may be subject to investigation by the Nevada Equal Rights Commission for claims of illegal hair-based discrimination. An employer may enforce health and safety requirements set in forth in federal and state law notwithstanding the new protections for hair texture and protective styles.
Effective October 1, 2021, employers and employment agencies are now prohibited from seeking job applicants' wage or salary history when making decisions about whether to offer employment to an applicant or when determining the rate of pay to offer an applicant. Under S.B. 293, "wage or salary history" refers to the wages or salary paid to an...
Homestead Hospice has reached a $1.93 million settlement agreement for the company’s alleged involvement in False Claims Act violations. U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. recently released the...