Nevada Code § 269.084

Limitations on consideration of wage or salary history of applicant for employment by town
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1. The town board, board of county
commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town
shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through an agent:
(a) Seek the wage or salary history of an
applicant for employment by the unincorporated town;
(b) Rely on the wage or salary history of an
applicant to determine:
(1) Whether to offer employment to an
applicant; or
(2) The rate of pay for the applicant; or
(c) Refuse to interview, hire, promote or employ
an applicant, or discriminate or retaliate against an applicant if the
applicant does not provide wage or salary history.
2. A town board, board of county
commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town
shall provide:
(a) To an applicant for employment by an
unincorporated town who has completed an interview for a position the wage or
salary range or rate for the position; and
(b) The wage or salary range or rate for a
promotion or transfer to a new position if an employee of an unincorporated
town has:
(1) Applied for the promotion or transfer;
(2) Completed an interview for the
promotion or transfer or been offered the promotion or transfer; and
(3) Requested the wage or salary range or
rate for the promotion or transfer.
3. Nothing in this section prohibits the
town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf
of the unincorporated town from asking an applicant for employment by the
unincorporated town about his or her wage or salary expectation for the
position for which the applicant is applying.
4. As used in this section, wage or
salary history means the wages or salary paid to an applicant for employment
by the current or former employer of the applicant. The term includes, without
limitation, any compensation and benefits received by the applicant from his or
her current or former employer.

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