Nevada has no general law for family medical leave but laws regarding adoption can be found in the following sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

NRS 284.360 State employees - Leave of absence without pay.

1. Any person holding a permanent position in the classified service may be granted a leave of absence without pay. Leave of absence may be granted to any person holding a position in the classified service to permit acceptance of an appointive position in the unclassified service. Leave of absence must be granted to any person holding a position in the classified service to permit acceptance of a position in the legislative branch during a regular or special session of the legislature, including a reasonable period before and after the session if the entire period of employment in the legislative branch is continuous.

2. If a person is granted a leave of absence without pay to permit acceptance of an appointive position in the unclassified service or a position in the legislative branch, any benefits earned while he is in the:

(a) Classified service are retained and must be paid by the employer in the classified service, whether or not the person returns to the classified service.

(b) Unclassified service or employed by the legislative branch are retained and must be paid by the appointing authority in the unclassified service or by the legislative branch, if he does not return to the classified service, or by the employer in the classified service, if he returns to the classified service.

3. Any person in the unclassified service, except members of the academic staff of the University and Community College System of Nevada, may be granted by the appointing authority a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed 6 months.

4. Officers and members of the faculty of the University and Community College System of Nevada may be granted leaves of absence without pay as provided by the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 284.345.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, a person in the classified or unclassified service who:

(a) Is the natural parent of a child who is less than 6 months old; or

(b) Has recently adopted a child, must be granted, upon request, a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed 12 weeks. Such a request by natural parents must be submitted at least 3 months before the date upon which the requested leave will begin, unless a shorter notice is approved by the employer. Such a request by adoptive parents must be submitted not fewer than 2 working days after the parents receive notice of the approval of the adoption. This subsection does not affect the rights of an employee set forth in NRS 284.350 or 284.355.

6. The provisions of subsection 5 are effective only if the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 et seq., or a subsequent federal law ceases to provide for a parental leave of absence of at least 12 weeks.

NRS 392.920 Terminating or threatening to terminate employment of parent, guardian or custodian of child for appearance or notification concerning child; penalty; civil remedy.

1. It is unlawful for an employer or his agent to:

(a) Terminate the employment of a person who, as the parent, guardian or custodian of a child:

(1) Appears at a conference requested by an administrator of the school attended by the child; or

(2) Is notified during his work by a school employee of an emergency regarding the child; or

(b) Assert to the person that his appearance or prospective appearance at such a conference or the receipt of such a notification during his work will result in the termination of his employment.

2. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. A person discharged from employment in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against his employer and obtain:

(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;

(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;

(c) Damages equal to the amount of the lost wages and benefits; and

(d) Reasonable attorney's fees fixed by the court.

NRS 613.335 Unlawful employment practices: Refusal to grant leave to pregnant employees.

If an employer grants leave with pay, leave without pay, or leave without loss of seniority to his employees for sickness or disability because of a medical condition, it is an unlawful employment practice to fail or refuse to extend the same benefits to any female employee who is pregnant. The female employee who is pregnant must be allowed to use the leave before and after childbirth, miscarriage or other natural resolution of her pregnancy, if the leave is granted, accrued or allowed to accumulate as a part of her employment benefits.

NRS 201.232 Breast feeding: Legislative intent; authorized in any public or private location where mother is authorized to be.

1. The legislature finds and declares that:

(a) The medical profession in the United States recommends that children from birth to the age of 1 year should be breast fed, unless under particular circumstances it is medically inadvisable.

(b) Despite the recommendation of the medical profession, statistics reveal a declining percentage of mothers who are choosing to breast feed their babies.

(c) Many new mothers are now choosing to use formula rather than to breast feed even before they leave the hospital, and only a small percentage of all mothers are still breast feeding when their babies are 6 months old.

(d) In addition to the benefit of improving bonding between mothers and their babies, breast feeding offers better nutrition, digestion and immunity for babies than does formula feeding, and it may increase the intelligence quotient of a child. Babies who are breast
fed have lower rates of death, meningitis, childhood leukemia and other cancers, diabetes, respiratory illnesses, bacterial and viral infections, diarrheal diseases, otitis media, allergies, obesity and developmental delays.

(e) Breast feeding also provides significant benefits to the health of the mother, including protection against breast cancer and other cancers, osteoporosis and infections of the urinary tract. The incidence of breast cancer in the United States might be reduced by
25 percent if every woman breast fed all her children until they reached the age of 2 years.

(f) The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund have established as one of their major goals for the decade the encouragement of breast feeding.

(g) The social constraints of modern society weigh against the choice of breast feeding and lead new mothers with demanding time schedules to opt for formula feeding to avoid embarrassment, social ostracism or criminal prosecution.

(h) Any genuine promotion of family values should encourage public acceptance of this most basic act of nurture between a mother and her baby, and no mother should be made to feel incriminated or socially ostracized for breast feeding her child.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mother may breast feed her child in any public or private location where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the nipple of the mother’s breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast feeding.