Employment Application
(NV)

Summary

This template is an employment application that gathers information from a job applicant to allow a Nevada based employer to determine the applicant's suitability for a position. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and optional clauses. The NFEPA prohibits hiring discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or national origin. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 613.330(1)(a). Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 613.333(1)(a) forbids hiring discrimination based on a person's off-duty use of lawful products, such as tobacco. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 613.345(1) prohibits an employer from considering a job applicant's genetic information in the hiring process. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 613.135 makes it unlawful to require a job applicant to disclose a username, password, or any other information that provides access to their personal social media accounts. Employers are prohibited from seeking credit information about a job applicant unless the information is reasonably related to the position for which the applicant is being evaluated or the law requires a review of the applicant's credit information. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 613.570, 613.580. This template intended for private employers. The application's language has been customized to comply with Nevada and federal law. As a result, the text of this template differs from the non-jurisdictional Employment Application. The drafting notes contain legal considerations for any alterations you may make to this template before use. For information on job applications under federal law, see Job Applications: Key Drafting Tips. For information on job applications in Nevada, see Screening and Hiring (NV). See also Social Media Information Regarding Job Applicants and Employees: Key Considerations and Social Media: Employer Access to Employees' Accounts State Law Survey. For tracking of newly enacted laws affecting employment applications in Nevada and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).