Baldonado v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC

OPINION

By the Court,

Douglas, J.:

This opinion addresses several issues arising in the context of Nevada’s employment law. We primarily focus, however, on three important and novel questions: (1) whether NRS 608.160, which prohibits employers from taking employee tips, implies a private cause of action to enforce its terms; (2) whether, in the event that no private cause of action exists, declaratory relief is nonetheless available to employees who allege that the statute’s terms were violated by an employment policy; and (3) whether those employees asserted a viable breach of contract claim…