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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 21. Cities and Towns § 268.4067. Limitations on consideration of wage or salary history of applicant for employment by city

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer 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 incorporated city;

(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 governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer shall provide:

(a) To an applicant for employment by an incorporated city 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 incorporated city 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 governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer from asking an applicant for employment by the incorporated city 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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