Nevada: Portal-to-Portal Act incorporated

At a glance

• Nevada enacted Senate Bill 8 on November 20, 2025, during a special legislative session.
• The law incorporates key provisions of the federal Portal-to-Portal Act into state wage and hour rules.
• It excludes travel time and preliminary or postliminary activities from compensable work hours.
• Employers cannot require unpaid donning or doffing of uniforms or PPE when these cannot be worn from home.

On November 20, 2025, Nevada enacted Senate Bill 8, which incorporates key provisions of the federal Portal-to-Portal Act into state law. The amendment, passed during a special legislative session, was in response to a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision holding that the state's wage and hour laws did not incorporate the federal law’s exceptions to compensable work. Under the amendment, state law excludes from hours of work time spent traveling to and from the actual place of performance of work as well as activities that are preliminary or postliminary to an employee’s principal activities. The amendment stipulates that an employer cannot require an employee to work without wages when an employee is donning or doffing a uniform or PPE where employees are not permitted to wear these items from home.