Nevadans this November will have the opportunity to establish a $12 per hour minimum wage for almost all employees in the state.
Currently, Nevada has a two-tiered minimum wage system: The minimum wage allowed for employees who are offered qualifying health insurance is $1 less per hour than the minimum wage rate allowed for employees who are not offered qualifying health insurance. Question 2, which will appear on the upcoming general election ballot, would amend the Nevada Constitution and establish a minimum hourly wage of $12, regardless of what types of benefits the employer offers.
If passed, the new minimum wage would become effective July 1, 2024.
Nevada’s minimum wage is already scheduled to rise on that date to $12 per hour for employees who are not offered health insurance by their employers. That’s because the Nevada State Legislature passed a bill in 2019 to step up the minimum wage by 75 cents annually until it reached $12 per hour in 2024.
The minimum wage for employees who are offered health insurance is currently scheduled to rise to $11 per hour on July 1, 2024.
Proponents of Question 2 see dismantling the two-tiered minimum wage system as the closing of a loophole that has benefitted greedy employers, which can offer subpar health insurance in order to pay workers the lower tier minimum wage. They argue that many minimum wage workers are declining such insurance because it is still too costly, which means they are left with no insurance (or insurance...
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