Nevada Code § 608.020

Immediate payment of employee discharged or placed on nonworking status
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1. Whenever an
employer discharges an employee, the wages and compensation earned and unpaid
at the time of such discharge shall become due and payable immediately.
2. Whenever an employer places an employee
on a nonworking status, the wages earned and unpaid at the time the employee is
placed on nonworking status are due and payable immediately.
3. As used in this section, nonworking
status means the temporary layoff of an employee by the employer whereby the
employee remains employed and may be called back to work by the employer at a
future date. The term does not include an employee who an employer:
(a) Places on suspension pending an investigation
relating to employment;
(b) Places on suspension pursuant to a
disciplinary action relating to employment;
(c) Places on-call for available work; or
(d) Approves to take a leave of absence.

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