Nevada overtime rules for home care workers

In Nevada, overtime is time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek and, for some workers, after 8 hours in a day. The state minimum wage is $12.00 an hour. The federal Home Care Rule bars agencies from the companionship and live-in exemptions, though the Department of Labor stopped enforcing it against agencies in July 2025 while it considers undoing it. Nevada's own law also requires overtime for agency caregivers, so they would still be owed it if the federal rule is undone.

What are Nevada's overtime and minimum wage rules?

Does Nevada law require overtime for agency caregivers?

Yes. Nevada's overtime law (NRS 608.018) has no companionship or home care exemption. Caregivers paid under 1.5 times the state minimum wage get overtime after 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week, and those paid more get weekly overtime only. Exemptions an agency can use: gross sales under $250,000 a year, a written agreement with a caregiver who lives in the client's household, and a union contract with its own overtime terms.

Does Nevada have special rules for home care workers?

Under NRS 608.018, employees paid less than 1.5 times the state minimum wage get 1.5x after 8 hours in a workday (unless on an agreed 4x10 schedule) or 40 hours a week. A domestic worker or domestic service employee who lives in the household can be exempted from overtime by written agreement; regulations on home care employee overtime adopted under NRS 608.670 prevail over the general rule.

Can sleep time be unpaid on 24-hour shifts in Nevada?

For agency personal care workers on duty 24 hours or more, employer and worker may agree in writing to exclude a regularly scheduled sleep period of up to 8 hours if adequate sleeping facilities are provided in the home; interruptions count as hours worked, and if sleep is under 5 hours the whole sleep period is paid (NRS 608.0195).