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Nevada unemployment for employers: login, registering, quarterly reports and answering a claim

In plain words: every Nevada employer account now runs through Employer Self Service (ESS) at nui.nv.gov/ess. You register there, file a report every quarter (even with no payroll), pay there, and answer a former worker's claim there within 11 days.

Employer login

Already have an account

Go to nui.nv.gov/ess and choose Log in
Or Sign in with a passkey if you set one up
Locked out? Use Contact Us or Open Chat on the same page

New to ESS

Registered the business but never logged in? Choose Sign Up
Brand-new business? Choose Register New Business for Unemployment Insurance
Started and stopped? Resume New Business Registration

Payroll companies and other third-party administrators use the same ESS front door. ESS also posts its own maintenance windows on the login page; check there if it won't load.

Do you have to register?

1. Check the $225 line. You're an employer under Nevada unemployment law once you pay $225 or more in wages in a calendar quarter and have at least one worker in covered employment (NRS 612.055(1)). Buying a business that was already an employer counts too (NRS 612.055(2)).

2. Register within 30 days. Each employing unit must register with the Employment Security Division within 30 days after becoming an employer (NRS 612.535(3)).

3. Know your starting rate. A new employer pays 2.95 percent of taxable wages until it qualifies for an experience-based rate (NRS 612.540). The tax is the employer's: it may not be taken out of workers' pay, in whole or in part (NRS 612.535(1)).

What "taxable wages" means

Contributions apply only up to a yearly wage base for each worker, set at 66 2/3 percent of Nevada's average annual wage for the year before (NRS 612.545(1)). The state recalculates it every year, so check the current figure under What's New in UI Tax in ESS.

Quarterly contribution and wage reports

Quarter	Months	Report and payment due
1	January to March	April 30
2	April to June	July 31
3	July to September	October 31
4	October to December	January 31

Due by the last day of the month after the quarter ends. A due date on a weekend or legal holiday moves to the next business day. From DETR's quarterly reporting information.

File it online

Every quarterly report must be filed electronically (NAC 612.035(1))
Type it into ESS, or upload a payroll file
ESS figures what you owe when you file

No payroll this quarter?

Still file. Having no workers doesn't excuse a report (NAC 612.030(2))
ESS takes a no-payroll report

Can't file online?

Ask for an e-file waiver from the ESS page
Granted for up to 1 year, for no way to file electronically, severe economic hardship, or other good cause (NAC 612.035(2))

Records to keep

4 years from the date of entry (NAC 612.020(1))
For each worker: name, SSN, pay rate, hire and separation dates and reason, wages per pay period

A former worker filed a claim: answering it

1. Watch for the Notice of Claim Filed. The last employer, and in some cases the one before it, gets notice of a new claim with the worker's stated reason for leaving and the separation date (NRS 612.475(1)-(2)).

2. Answer within 11 days of the notice date. Send every relevant fact, especially facts showing the person quit without good cause or was let go for misconduct (NAC 612.120(1), NRS 612.475(3)). A timely report of facts like that counts as your protest (NAC 612.120(2)).

3. Answer any fact-finding the same way. ESS has how-to videos for both: Respond to Notice of Claim Filed and Respond to Fact Finding.

4. Read the determination, and appeal in 11 days if you disagree. The appeal must be filed within 11 days after the determination was mailed, sent or served (NRS 612.495(1)-(3)). Count it with the deadline calculator.

When the claim isn't charged to your account

If the worker quit solely to take another job, the last or next-to-last employer is entitled to relief from having the benefits charged to its experience rating record (NAC 612.120(4)). If you paid 75 percent of the worker's base-period earnings and timely showed a voluntary quit or misconduct, you're told in writing whether your account is charged (NAC 612.120(3)).

Answering claims electronically through SIDES

ESS has a sign-up for SIDES, the State Information Data Exchange System, which sends claim notices and takes your responses electronically instead of by mail.

Fired for a crime connected with the job

Every employer that paid the worker in the base period is told of the first claim. You then have 11 days to send facts showing the worker was discharged for a crime connected with the work, and the state decides whether those wages count (NAC 612.120(5)).

Other things you do in ESS

Money

Make a payment toward a balance
ACH credit program guide
Request a clearance letter

Help and reports

New hire reporting information
Forms for employers and the FAQ
Report suspected unemployment fraud

Out-of-state employers manage Nevada appeals through ESS too. A worker on your payroll asking how to file? Send them to how to file a Nevada unemployment claim. WARN notices on file for Nevada employers are on the Nevada Layoff Tracker.

Read 2026-11-04: the ESS login page at nui.nv.gov/ess; Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 612 and Nevada Administrative Code chapter 612 (revision dated 4/13/2026) on leg.state.nv.us; DETR's quarterly reporting information.