By Dora Lane

Dora Lane

Effective July 1, 2024, Nevada’s two-tier minimum wage will no longer exist as a result of Ballot Question 2’s passing on November 8, 2022.

By way of background, in 2006, Nevada voters approved a two-tier minimum wage system applicable to employees subject to minimum wage requirements. Since then, Nevada’s minimum wage has increased over time. As of July 1, 2022, the minimum wage is $9.50/hour for employees who are provided qualifying health benefits and $10.50/hour for employees who are not provided qualifying health benefits. Nevada Assembly Bill 456, which passed in 2019, mandated that the applicable minimum wage rates rise gradually until 2024 when they would reach $11/hour and $12/hour for the respective employee tiers. Read more >>