Nevada Final Paycheck Rules

When you terminate an employee, all earned and unpaid wages are due immediately at the time of discharge (NRS 608.020).

When an employee quits, final wages are due on the earlier of the next regular payday or 7 days after resignation (NRS 608.030).

The penalty doesn't start the moment payment is late — the trigger differs by separation type: for a discharged employee (or one placed on nonworking status), it is triggered only if you fail to pay within 3 days after the wages become due; for an employee who resigns or quits there is no such grace — the trigger is failing to pay on the day the wages are due. Once triggered, the former employee's wages continue at their regular rate as a penalty for up to 30 days (NRS 608.040). The clock runs from the day the employee resigned, quit, was discharged or was placed on nonworking status — not from the payment due date. Those coincide for a discharge, but for a resignation the due date under NRS 608.030 can be up to seven days later, so the penalty period is longer than the due-date reading suggests.

All earned, unpaid wages. Unlike California — where Labor Code §227.3 requires paying out accrued, unused vacation whenever a contract of employment or employer policy provides for paid vacations — Nevada does not by statute require paying out accrued vacation on separation unless your policy or contract provides for it — so check what your handbook promises.