Workers

For the first time in a decade, the majority of state workers will see an increase in their pay in the coming two years.Calculating how much, however, is complicated because there are several moving parts in the actio...

Nevada lawmakers have revived a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage and ease restrictions that would have made it harder for workers to qualify for overtime pay. Assembly members and senators agreed Sunday to r...

Nevada lawmakers have revived a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage and ease restrictions that would have made it harder for workers to qualify for overtime pay. Assembly members and senators agreed Sunday to...

Faced with wildly divergent estimates of the cost of moving Nevada’s current public employee pension system to a defined contribution plan for new workers, a state lawmaker said Saturday he is abandoning the effort this session....

According to the draft budget bills handed to leaders of the money committees late Friday, the state’s proposed budget includes pay raises for state workers in both years of the biennium.The “pay bill,” which has no...

The bill reducing annual credits Nevada public employees accrue toward retirement is on its way to the governor.Effective for those public workers hired on or after July 1, 2015, that annual credit would be 2.25 perce...

Las Vegas is bringing in more money these days, a development that has meant better pay and more hours for many city workers and, officials say, better service for residents. But it does not mean the city plans to do away with its three-day weekends....

The Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Monday was asked to approve a bill city and county officials say would help rein in binding arbitration for their workers.AB249 by Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, R-Gardnerville, woul...

Three North Las Vegas human resources employees are out of work after the City Council voted to outsource their jobs, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday....

U.S. troops and Defense Department employees improperly used their government charge cards to spend more than $1 million in casinos and strip clubs in one year, and the government is still struggling to stop it, according to a new report released Monday by the top Pentagon watchdog....

A controversial plan to outsource the city of North Las Vegas’ human resources functions will go to the City Council Wednesday, but some city workers say the move is a foregone conclusion — right down to the company to get the contract....

The Nevada JobConnect will hold a Job Fair for those looking for a job in the manufacturing industry on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Reno Town Mall at 4001 S. Virginia St., Reno.

As Nevada continues to recover from the recession, employers are steadily adding jobs to the economy, creating more opportunities for jobseekers, said Renee Olson, administrator for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s Employment Security Division, which oversees Nevada JobConnect.

Nevada’s public workers — both retired and actively employed – are strongly encouraged to attend a meeting on Thursday to learn how Assembly Bill 190 may affect benefits and future contributions ...

A Nevada legislative subcommittee Saturday recommended elimination of longevity pay for veteran state workers to save $6.8 million during the biennium.Longevity payments, which range form $150 a year for workers with ...

RENO — A federal judge has granted class-action status for a lawsuit that more than two dozen cooks and kitchen workers want to join accusing northern Nevada’s largest chain of sports taverns of misclassifying them as...

By spending excess reserves and eliminating the wellness program, Nevada lawmakers were told on Thursday the state will be able to provide workers with the same health benefits they now receive at a slightly lower cos...

Assemblyman Brent Jones, a key member of Team Fiore and foaming attacker of fellow pro-tax Republicans, wrote a letter in which he fretted about "cherished legal protections for workers and unions are under attack."
The missive, which you can see below, was responding/pandering to an AFL-CIO postcar...

Key employees at swanky nightclubs in casino resorts in Nevada would be required to register with state gambling regulators under a bill designed to prevent unsavory workers from club-hopping and taking trouble with them....

Hindus have urged the world to “wholeheartedly” support Nepal in its recovery efforts from the devastating earthquake of April 25 causing massive damage, chaos, fear and suffering, a Reno-based Hindu statesman said Saturday.

Assemblyman Randy Kirner, R-Reno, told the Nevada Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday putting new public workers into a hybrid 401k style plan, instead of the current PERS system, would benefit employees ...

Assemblyman Randy Kirner, R-Reno, told the Nevada Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday putting new public workers into a hybrid 401k style plan, instead of the current PERS system, would benefit employees ...

A Republican-backed bill that would significantly change the Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System got a closer review Wednesday from a legislative money committee, as rooms nearly full of opponents looked on. The Assembly Ways and Means Committee combed ......

A state lawmaker pushing for major changes to the state public employee retirement plan told a committee on Wednesday that long-term workers would actually do better under his proposal than with the current defined benefit pension plan....

The Public Employees Retirement System board on Wednesday voted to take a neutral stance on most of the legislative bills aimed at changing the rules for state and other public workers.Executive Director Tina Leiss sa...

A Carson City man was arrested Tuesday on felony suspicion of grand larceny after allegedly stealing a wallet a customer left behind at a pizza restaurant in February and then not returning it, a Carson City sheriff’s detective said.

Patrick Michael Murray, 31, was taken into custody at 11 a.m. in the 1400 block of East William Street with a bail of $25,000. Murray told the investigator during an interview that he called the owner of the wallet and said she had already picked it up but then later changed his story, saying he sent the wallet to her in the mail, according Detective Sam Hatley.

The Nevada Northern Railway, McGill Depot in McGill, Nev., has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Nevada Historic Preservation Office announced Monday. The National Register is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.

The Nevada Northern Railway built the McGill Depot in 1910 in to serve as the passenger and freight hub for the town of McGill during its days as a prominent center of Nevada’s copper mining economy. Built in the Craftsman style, the McGill Depot is nestled against the Duck Creek Mountains in eastern Nevada.

Senate Republicans pushed legislation through the upper house Friday opponents say weakens overtime laws and takes money away from those making the lowest hourly wages in Nevada.SB193 changes the rules for workers at ...

The GOP has more than 30 bills seeking to reform collective bargaining, prevailing wage, health benefits, workers compensation and other laws rebuked by organized labor as ......

A Pahrump brothel has offered to host U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement party. Sheri’s Ranch, 60 miles west of Las Vegas, says several of the senator’s accomplishments have directly improved the lives of Nevada’s legal sex workers and thanked Reid for ......

Las Vegas leaders plan Wednesday to unveil the city’s first balanced budget in nearly a decade, a $524 million preliminary spending plan that includes some $3 million to hire 35 new employees....