The Legislature’s recent special session may not have made headlines for this issue, but its outcome was critical for every employer in our state. The passage of Senate Bill 8 was the single most important action taken to protect Nevada’s business community and preserve our economic stability.
This story deserves attention because, without SB8, and the aligned advocacy of the Vegas Chamber and every business association in the state, Nevada employers would have faced immediate and severe consequences.
Just two weeks before Gov. Joe Lombardo called for the special session, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an advance opinion in Amazon vs. Malloy. The court determined that certain federal employment standards regarding pre-work activities do not apply in Nevada because they were not explicitly written into state law — even though federal law has traditionally set the standard…
