Chapter 48 — LABOR
917 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2616 Civil remedies.
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(1) An educational institution has a right of action against an athlete agent or a former student-athlete for damages caused by a violation of the Nebraska Uniform Athlete Agents Act. In an action under this section, the court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasonabl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2617 Administrative penalty.
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The Secretary of State may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for a violation of the Nebraska Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2618 Uniformity of application and construction.
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In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2619 Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
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The provisions of the Nebraska Uniform Athlete Agents Act governing the legal effect, validity, or enforceability of electronic records or signatures, and of contracts formed or performed with the use of such records or signatures, conform to the requirements of section 102 of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2701 Act, how cited.
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Sections 48-2701 to 48-2711 shall be known and may be cited as the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2702 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act: (1) Client means any person who enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization; (2) Co-employer means either a professional employer organization or a client; (3) Co-…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2703 Act; professional employer agreement; effect on rights or obligations; other requirements applicable; client rights and status.
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(1) Nothing contained in the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act or in any professional employer agreement shall affect, modify, or amend any collective-bargaining agreement or the rights or obligations of any client, professional employer organization, or covered…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2704 Registration required; restrictions on use of names or title; application; contents; initial registration; when required; limited registration application; interim operating permit; registration renewal; limited registration; eligibility; department; maintain list of registrants; department; powers and duties; confidentiality.
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(1) A person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services pursuant to co-employment relationships in which all or a majority of the employees of a client are covered employees shall be registered under the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2705 Financial commitment required; filing with department.
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (7) and (10) of section 48-2704, each professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall have either: (a) Positive working capital of at least one hundred thousand dollars at the time of initial registration …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2706 Co-employment relationship; restrictions; rights and obligations; professional employer agreement; contents; written notice to employee; posting of notice; responsibilities of client; liability; sales tax liability; health benefit plan.
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(1) No person shall knowingly enter into a co-employment relationship in which less than a majority of the employees of the client in this state are covered employees or in which less than one-half of the payroll of the client in this state is attributable to covered employees. (…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2707 Funds; records.
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Any funds held by the professional employer organization in a fiduciary capacity shall be recorded separately and held in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of each client. The professional employer organization shall keep copies of all the records pertaining to such deposits and wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2708 Retirement and employee welfare benefit plans.
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(1) A client and a professional employer organization shall each be deemed an employer under the laws of this state for purposes of sponsoring retirement and employee welfare benefit plans for its covered employees. (2) An employee welfare benefit plan that includes a health bene…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2709 Workers' compensation coverage; allocation of responsibility; information to administrator of Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court; notice; posting; contents; notice of cancellation, nonrenewal, or termination; rights of client.
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(1) The responsibility to obtain workers' compensation coverage for employees covered by the professional employer agreement and for other employees of the client shall be allocated in the professional employer agreement to the client, the professional employer organization, or b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2710 Fees.
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(1) The department shall adopt a schedule of fees for initial registration, annual registration renewal, and limited registration, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for initial registration, one thousand five hundred dollars for annual registration renewal, and one …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2711 Prohibited acts; violation; penalty; disciplinary action; powers of department; rules and regulations.
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(1)(a) A person shall not knowingly: (i) Offer or provide professional employer services in this state or use the names PEO, professional employer organization, staff leasing, employee leasing, administrative employer, or other title representing professional employer services un…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2801 Act, how cited.
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Sections 48-2801 to 48-2807 shall be known and may be cited as the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2802 Act, purpose.
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The purpose of the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act is to: (1) Provide one-time grants to eligible manufacturing operations for new and existing capital investments that will increase or lead to the adoption and integration of smart techn…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2803 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act: (1) Department means the Department of Labor; (2) Eligible manufacturing operation means a manufacturer of goods at a facility located in this state that: (a) Has a North American Indu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2804 Eligible manufacturing operation; grant application; approval.
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(1) Beginning October 1, 2025, through November 1, 2026, an eligible manufacturing operation may apply to the department for a grant. The application shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (a) A description of the manufacturing modernization investment p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2805 Manufacturing operation; eligibility; repay grant funds.
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(1) The department shall not approve an application for a manufacturing modernization investment project that was commenced prior to the date of the application. (2) Any eligible manufacturing operation that no longer meets the requirements of subdivision (2) of section 48-2803 s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2806 Grants; total amount.
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The department may award up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in grants from the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund for purposes of carrying out the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2807 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2901 Act, how cited.
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Sections 48-2901 to 48-2912 shall be known and may be cited as the Employee Classification Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2902 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Employee Classification Act: (1) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor; (2) Construction has the same meaning as in section 48-2103; (3) Contractor means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other business entity engage…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2903 Presumption; act; how construed.
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(1) An individual performing construction labor services for a contractor is presumed an employee and not an independent contractor for purposes of the Employee Classification Act, unless: (a) The individual meets the criteria found in subdivision (5) of section 48-604; (b) The i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2904 Violation.
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It is a violation of the Employee Classification Act for a contractor to designate an individual as an independent contractor who would be properly classified as an employee under section 48-2903.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2905 Reports of suspected violations; commissioner; duties; confidentiality.
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(1) The commissioner may make such investigations as he or she finds necessary or appropriate to determine whether there is compliance with the Employee Classification Act. Investigations shall take place at the times and places as the commissioner directs. For purposes of any in…
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB847, § 38.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2907 Commissioner; citation; notice of penalty; contractor contest; hearing; unpaid administrative penalty, effect on government contracts.
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(1) In addition to any other fines or penalties provided by law, the commissioner may issue a citation to a contractor when an investigation reveals that a contractor has violated the Employee Classification Act. (2) When a citation is issued, the commissioner shall notify the co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2908 Action to collect unpaid combined taxes plus interest; additional investigation and enforcement action.
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Upon finding a contractor has violated the Employee Classification Act, the commissioner shall instigate proceedings pursuant to the Employment Security Law to collect any unpaid combined taxes plus interest. The commissioner shall share any violations with the Department of Reve…
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB847, § 38; Laws 2026, LB1048, § 46.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2910 Contractor; post notice.
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Every contractor shall post in a conspicuous place at the job site or place of business in English and Spanish the following notice: (1) Every individual working for a contractor has the right to be properly classified by the contractor as an employee rather than an independent c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2911 Contracts; affidavit required; rescission.
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Any contract between the state or a political subdivision and a contractor shall require that each contractor who performs construction or delivery service pursuant to the contract submit to the state or political subdivision an affidavit attesting that (1) each individual perfor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2912 Contractor; false affidavit; penalties.
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Any contractor who knowingly provides a false affidavit under section 48-2911 to the state or political subdivision shall be subject to the penalties of perjury and upon a second or subsequent violation shall be barred from contracting with the state or any political subdivision …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3001 Act, how cited.
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Sections 48-3001 to 48-3011 shall be known and may be cited as the Teleworker Job Creation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3002 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) Current economic conditions in the state have resulted in unemployment, loss of jobs, and difficulty in attracting new jobs; and (2) It is the policy of the state to make revisions in Nebraska's job training structure to encoura…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3003 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Teleworker Job Creation Act: (1) Application filing date means the date that the employer files an application for an agreement with the director under the act; (2) Base year means the three hundred sixty-five days immediately preceding the application filing …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3004 Job training reimbursements; application; contents; confidentiality; director; duties; written agreement; contents.
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(1) To earn the job training reimbursements set forth in the Teleworker Job Creation Act, an employer shall file an application for an agreement with the director. An application may be filed at any time on or after April 8, 2010. (2) The application shall contain: (a) A written …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3005 Employer; submit description of training program.
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(1) To be eligible to file an application for an agreement with the director under the Teleworker Job Creation Act, the employer shall submit a description of its training program to the director for review. (2) If the employer's training program meets the requirements to constit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3006 Job training reimbursements; employer; requirements; amount of reimbursements.
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(1) Job training reimbursements shall be made to any employer who has an approved application pursuant to the Teleworker Job Creation Act and who trains at least four hundred qualifying employees in a qualified training program within three hundred sixty-five calendar days from t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3007 Request; form; contents.
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A request for job training reimbursements may be filed annually or quarterly by the employer on a form required by the director. Each request shall contain verification of the number of qualifying employees, designated by project, for which the employer has met the requirements o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3008 Department of Economic Development; audit employer.
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The Department of Economic Development shall, prior to making the job training reimbursement, audit the employer for compliance with the Teleworker Job Creation Act. The department may utilize the Administrative Cash Fund to support the costs of audits and administration of the T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3009 Right to reimbursement and agreement under act; not transferable; exception.
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(1) The right to job training reimbursements and the agreement under the Teleworker Job Creation Act shall not be transferable except when a project covered by an agreement is transferred by sale or lease to another employer or in an acquisition of assets qualifying under section…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-301 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 48-302 to 48-313: (1) Employment means (a) service for wages or (b) being under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied. Employment, other than detasseling, does not include any employment for which the employer is not liable for payment o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3010 Job training reimbursements; interest not allowed.
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Interest shall not be allowable on any job training reimbursements earned under the Teleworker Job Creation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3011 No preclusion from receiving tax incentives or other benefits.
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Participation in the Teleworker Job Creation Act shall not preclude an employer from receiving tax incentives or other benefits under other federal, state, or local incentive programs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-302 Children under sixteen; employment certificate required; enforcement of section.
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(1) No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any employment as defined in section 48-301 within this state unless the person or corporation employing the child procures and keeps on file, accessible to the attendance officers and t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-302.01 Children; golf caddy; exempt from provisions of section.
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Section 48-302 shall not be construed to apply to the employment of any child solely as a caddy on any golf course or place where golf is played.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-302.02 Parent or person standing in loco parentis; exemption.
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Section 48-302 shall not apply to a parent or a person standing in loco parentis who employs and directly supervises his or her own child or a child in his or her custody in a business owned and operated by such parent or person standing in loco parentis. This section shall not e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-302.03 Detasseling; employment; conditions; exemption.
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(1) A child under the age of twelve shall not be employed in detasseling. (2) A child who is at least twelve years but less than sixteen years of age may be employed in detasseling if: (a) The employment is outside of school hours during the month of June, July, or August; (b) Th…