Nevada Strengthens Child Labor Protections

The Details

Background

Currently, under Nevada state law, a child under 16 years old can’t work (other than as a performer in a motion picture or as a farm worker) more than eight hours per day or more than 48 hours in a workweek. Existing law also requires all employers in Nevada to conspicuously post on the premises where any person is employed a printed abstract, furnished by the Nevada Labor Commissioner (the Commissioner), of the provisions relating to compensation, wages and hours of employment.

Assembly Bill 215

Assembly Bill 215 amends Nevada State Law to:

• Prohibit a child from working the hours between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., when those hours precede a school night, if the child is enrolled at a public or private high school, is between 16 and 19 years old and is not emancipated under the law.
  
  Note: A school district (or other governing body of the high school or juvenile court) may grant an exemption from these restrictions if the entity determines that the exemption is in the best interest of the child.

• Limit a child’s weekly hours to 40 hours per week.
• Expand the jobs a child may work at to include being lifeguard, employee of an arcade or a stage or theatrical performer. See the text of the law for further details.

The amendment also makes clear that a violation of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (relating to the hours of work and conditions of employment allowed for a child under 16 years old) will also be considered a violation of state law.

Required Notice

Employers must post an abstract (to be created and furnished to employers by the Commissioner) on the child labor components of Assembly Bill 215.

The Commissioner will:

• Create the abstract;
• Post the abstract to the Nevada Labor Commissioner’s website; and
• Include the abstract in a two-dimensional bar code (also known as a QR code), or other machine-readable bar code that stores an Internet address.