![]() ![]() The Nevada Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (DWBR) requires that you give your employees a day of rest (24 consecutive hours) each week and 48 consecutive hours of rest each month. In Nevada, live-in domestics must also write that they agree to forego overtime pay to be paid at the standard rate. Live-in domestics, again excluding companions, must be paid their hourly wage for all hours worked, without an overtime differential. Overtime or premium pay is not required for hours worked on weekends or holidays. Overtime or premium pay is not required for hours worked in excess of 8 per day, unless the aforementioned 150% NV minimum wage entitlement applies. Live-out workers paid less than 150% of the NV minimum wage are entitled to daily overtime for hours over 8. Overtime PayĪll live-out workers are to be paid an overtime differential of 1.5 times the hourly wage for hours over 40 in a 7 day week. If you offer qualifying health benefits, the minimum wage is $10.25/hr. Nevada defers to the FLSA, which requires that all domestics, excluding companions, be paid at no less than the greater of the state or federal minimum wage, Income Taxesįederal and state income taxes are ultimately the responsibility of the household employee however, best practice is to deduct these taxes from your full time employee’s wages to help them avoid owing large sums when they file their annual income tax returns. You will make contributions to the IRS and Nevada to fund unemployment and worker re-training programs. You may choose to either collect your employee’s taxes via payroll deductions or fund these taxes yourself. The household employer is responsible for the payment of all Social Security and Medicare taxes to the IRS. Your employee is due a W-2 form in January. Employee wages are reported to the Social Security Administration. Your state may require quarterly unemployment tax filings, as well as reports and remittance of state income taxes withheld, if applicable. Federal employment taxes are reconciled with the household employer’s annual Federal Income tax return. You have both Federal and State tax filing responsibilities. You are responsible for federal employment taxes when you pay household workers as little as $1,000 in a calendar quarter or when you pay any individual employee age 18 or over $2,700 in a calendar year. Failure to properly classify the worker and make the appropriate employment tax filings and payments is considered tax fraud by the IRS. Generally, these workers are your employees, not independent contractors. You become a household employer when you hire an individual to perform duties and provide services under your direction in your private home. HomeWork Solutions is a nationally recognized “household payroll” service company, providing household employers nationwide with trusted and time saving payroll and payroll tax solutions. ![]() Payroll tax compliance for your new employee does not need to be terrifying, time consuming or expensive. ![]()
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