This law amended existing law to require that a complaint alleging unlawful discrimination in compensation be filed within 300 days after the date on which the unlawful discrimination occurs. It also revised the powers of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to order remedies for unlawful employment practices, authorizing the Commission to: (1) award back pay for a period beginning 2 years before the date of the filing of a complaint regarding an unlawful employment practice and ending on the date the Commission issues an order regarding the complaint; (2) order payment of lost wages or other economic damages in cases involving an unlawful employment practice relating to discrimination on the basis of sex; and (3) under certain circumstances, order a civil penalty, in increasing amounts, for an unlawful employment practice that it determines is willful based on the number of such practices the person has committed in the previous 5 years.”
STATUS: Enacted
Provides 300 day deadline for filing a complaint alleging unlawful discrimination in compensation and authorizes the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to order specified remedies and civil penalties.