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Legal Information: Nevada

Workplace Protections

Laws current as of August 14, 2025

Are there reasons my employer could refuse to let me take time off?

Your employer cannot deny your right to take leave if your request meets all of the requirements included in this law.1 You must use the hours:

  • within the 12 months that immediately follow the date that the domestic violence or sexual assault incident occurred; and
  • for a reason allowed under the law.2

1 N.R.S. § 608.0198(3)(a)
2 N.R.S. § 608.0198(1)(b), (2)(a)