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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 608 - Compensation, Wages and Hours
NRS 608.135 - Civil action against employer for failure to pay wages; Labor Commissioner prohibited from taking jurisdiction of claim for wages during pendency of civil action.
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NV Rev Stat § 608.135 (2025)
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1. If an employer fails to pay wages, compensation or salary to an employee in accordance with the requirements set forth in NRS 608.020 to 608.050, inclusive, the employee may, at any time within 2 years after the employer’s failure, bring a civil action against the employer.
2. The Labor Commissioner shall not take jurisdiction of a claim for wages during the pendency of a civil action for the same wages brought pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1763)
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