Owed equity, bonuses or severance in Nevada?
Equity, severance and employment-contract disputes in Nevada generally turn on the agreement itself. Deadlines, forums and available remedies depend on the documents and what happened.
You can request a review before you sign anything, even if you are not sure what the agreement allows.
Updated August 2026
- Unpaid commissions, bonuses, equity, or deferred compensation
- A disputed severance agreement or release
- Noncompete, nonsolicit, confidentiality, or clawback terms
- Retaliation or termination affecting vested or earned compensation
Nevada equity and severance disputes generally proceed as contract matters in court or arbitration. Written-contract claims generally use six years, while non-written contract claims generally use four. Nevada bars noncompetes for employees paid solely hourly and restricts enforcement after a reduction in force.
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Nevada at a glance.
- Governing law
- Nevada employment-contract and noncompetition law, NRS 613.195; NRS 11.190
- Coverage
- No employee-count threshold.
More detail
Contract rights depend on the documents; NRS 613.195 separately governs noncompetition covenants. - Written-contract deadline
- Nevada generally provides 6 years for a claim founded on a written contract and 4 years for a contract not founded on a writing under NRS 11.190.
- Administrative filing
- None, equity, severance, and employment-contract disputes generally proceed in court or contractually required arbitration.
- Forum
- Contract claim or contractually required arbitration
- Damages
- Contract remedies are not governed by Title VII's employee-count damages-cap schedule.
What may be available under Nevada contract and compensation law.
- Contractual compensation or the value of equity proven due.
- Contract damages and declaratory or injunctive relief where available.
- Reasonable attorney's fees and costs in the NRS 613.195 circumstances that expressly authorize them.
- Negotiated severance and contract terms.
- Nevada does not use Washington's numeric earnings threshold. A noncompete may not apply to an employee paid solely on an hourly-wage basis, excluding tips or gratuities.
- A covenant must be supported by valuable consideration and may not impose a restraint greater than necessary or an undue hardship.
- After a reduction in force, reorganization, or similar restructuring, a covenant is enforceable only while the employer continues salary, benefits, equivalent compensation, or severance pay.
- A court may revise an unreasonable covenant and enforce it as revised.
Where Nevada contract disputes are resolved.
Contract claim or contractually required arbitration
These disputes do not begin with NERC or the EEOC. The agreement may require arbitration; otherwise the contract or restrictive-covenant dispute proceeds in court.
A severance response date may be short even when the lawsuit deadline is longer. A private review identifies the governing documents, forum, and leverage before you sign.
The same conduct can break more than one law.
What happened to you in Nevada may also amount to a separate claim, with its own protections and its own deadlines. Each of these is worth checking before anything lapses.