Nevada requires a discharged employee's wages immediately at the time of discharge (NRS 608.020).
Law: NRS 608.020, 608.030, 608.040 · Rules checked October 2026
If you quit, Nevada requires payment by the next regular payday or within seven days of your last day, whichever is earlier (NRS 608.030).
Nevada continues the wages: if final pay is late, the employee keeps earning at the same daily rate for each day the pay is withheld, up to 30 days (NRS 608.040) — as if still on the payroll.
Your state lets the employer's own policy decide. If the handbook or your offer letter promises payout of accrued vacation — or the company has a practice of paying it — that promise is enforceable. If the policy says unused vacation is forfeited at separation, the state will generally hold you to it.
The free claim goes to Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner. It costs nothing and you do not need a lawyer; what you need is the amount computed, the demand already sent where your state rewards one, and the file assembled.
Filing window: set by state law and shorter than people expect — file within weeks, not months.
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General information from the published statute — not legal advice. Penalty figures elsewhere on this site are statutory maximums, with willfulness conditions named where the statute names them.