Monday, April 20, 2015 | 10:12 a.m.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that taxicab drivers are entitled to be paid the minimum wage.
The court reversed a ruling by Clark County District Court Judge Douglas W. Herndon, who dismissed a lawsuit filed by Barbara Gilmore on behalf of other cab drivers.
The suit was filed against Desert Cab Inc. in September 2012 after Gilmore left her job and demanded back pay based on the minimum wage.
She said the she and other drivers were covered under the Nevada Constitution, which sets a formula each year for determining the minimum wage.
The Supreme Court, in a decision Friday written by Justice Nancy Saitta, said the constitution repealed a law that exempted taxi drivers from the minimum wage. It said Gilmore “stated a viable claim for minimum wage,” and the high court sent the case back to District Court for further proceedings.
Taxi drivers, in many cases, are paid a percentage of the fares they book plus tips.
The minimum wage in Nevada is $7.25 an hour for workers covered by company medical insurance and $8.25 an hour for those not offered company health insurance.
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