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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-3903 Hotel or public lodging establishment; training and policies; liability.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Hotel means a facility in which the public may, for a consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations. Hotel includes hotels, motels, tourist homes, campgrounds, courts, lodging houses, inns, state-operated hotels, and nonprofit hotels but does…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4001 Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, how cited.
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Sections 48-4001 to 48-4006 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4002 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: (1) Business closing means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment of one or more facilities or operating units that will result in an employment loss for one hundred or mor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4003 Notice of business closing or mass layoff; requirements; contents; delivery.
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(1)(a) An employer who plans a business closing or a mass layoff shall not order such action until the end of a ninety-day period which begins after the employer serves written notice of such action to the affected employees or their representatives and to the department. However…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4004 Notice of business closing or mass layoff; requirements; exceptions.
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(1) If a business closing or mass layoff constitutes a strike or constitutes a lockout not intended to evade the requirements of the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, notice is not required to be given by the employer. The Nebraska Worker Adjustment and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4005 Act; enforcement; violation; penalty.
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(1) The department shall enforce the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. (2) An employer who violates section 48-4003 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. (3) The civil penalty provided for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4006 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-401 Water closets; duty of employer to provide.
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Every factory, mill, workshop, mercantile or mechanical establishment or other building, where one or more persons are employed, shall be provided within reasonable access, with a sufficient number of water closets, earth closets or privies for the reasonable use of the persons e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-402 Dressing rooms; duty to provide; rights of lessee.
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In factories, mills, workshops, mercantile or mechanical establishments, or other places where the labor performed by the operator is of such a character that it becomes necessary to change the clothing, wholly or in part, before leaving the building at the close of the day's wor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-403 Ventilation; dust and fumes; fans required.
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If in any of the aforesaid places any process is carried on by which dust or fumes are caused, which may be inhaled by the persons employed therein, or if the air shall become exhausted or impure, there shall be provided a fan or other such mechanical device as will substantially…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-404 Sanitation; duty of employer.
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All of the aforesaid places shall be kept clean and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy or nuisance, and shall be ventilated and kept in a sanitary condition. The Department of Labor or any person authorized by the department may require such changes or additions to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-405 Grinding machines; dust; blowers required.
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All persons, companies or corporations operating any factory or workshop where grinding wheels, or grinding machines, emery wheels or emery belts of any description are used, whether solid emery, leather covered, felt, canvas, linen, paper, cotton or wheels or belts rolled or coa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-406 Emery wheels and grindstones; use and operation.
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No emery wheels or grindstones in any factory, mill or workshop, shall be used when known to the person using the same to be cracked or otherwise defective, nor operated at a greater speed than indicated or guaranteed by the manufacturer of such emery wheel or grindstone.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-407 Emery wheels and grindstones; hoods or hoppers required.
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Every emery wheel and grindstone shall be fitted with a sheet or cast iron hood or hopper, of such form so adjusted that the dust or refuse therefrom will fall or be thrown into such hood or hopper by centrifugal force, and be carried off by the current of air into a suction pipe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-408 Emery wheels; suction pipes required; capacity.
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Every such wheel six inches or less in diameter shall be provided with a three-inch suction pipe; wheels six inches to twenty-four inches in diameter, with a four-inch suction pipe; wheels from twenty-four inches to thirty-six inches in diameter, with a five-inch suction pipe; an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-409 Machinery; safety devices required.
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Every person operating a plant where machinery is used, shall provide such guards, boxing, screens or other appliances as will protect employees against injury from belting, shafting, gearing, elevators, drums, saws, cogs, electric currents, molten metal or hot liquid. He shall a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-410 Revolving machines; screens required.
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A metal or other suitable screen shall be placed around each laundry extractor or other exposed high-speed revolving machinery.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4101 Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act, how cited.
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Sections 48-4101 to 48-4109 shall be known and may be cited as the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4102 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act: (1) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor; (2) Department means the Department of Labor; (3)(a) Direct services means nursing services or other services provided to consumers through person-to-person contact…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4103 Health care staffing agency; registration; application; procedure; appeal.
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(1) A health care staffing agency operating in the state shall register annually with the department. As a condition of eligibility for registration, the applicant shall certify that the health care staffing agency is in compliance with section 48-4105. (2) An applicant for regis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4104 Health care staffing agency; duties.
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(1) A health care staffing agency shall: (a) Ensure that each worker complies with all applicable requirements relating to the federal and state licensing, certification, registration, and health care requirements and qualifications for personnel providing direct services in a he…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4105 Health care staffing agency; prohibited acts.
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(1) A health care staffing agency shall not: (a) Include in any contract with a worker or a health care entity a noncompete clause restricting in any manner the employment opportunities of a worker; or (b) In any contract with a worker or a health care entity, require payment of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4106 Violations; civil penalty; revocation of registration; notice of citation; appeal.
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(1) If the commissioner determines that a health care staffing agency (a) failed to register as required by the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act, (b) violated section 48-4104 or 48-4105, (c) failed to provide documentation pursuant to section 48-4107, or (d) knowingly…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4107 Commissioner of Labor; investigations; random audits; subpoena witnesses and records.
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(1) The commissioner shall establish a system for the public to report complaints against a health care staffing agency or worker regarding compliance with the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act. The commissioner shall investigate any complaint received. (2) The commiss…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4108 Database of registered health care staffing agencies; contents.
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(1) The department shall create a database of health care staffing agencies registered under the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act. The department shall make the database accessible to the public on its website. (2) The database shall include, but not be limited to, th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-4109 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-411 Woodworking machinery; safety devices.
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Wood planers, wood shapers, swing saws, equalizing saws, circular heading jointers, wood polishers, buzz planers, lathe bolters, and all similar machinery, shall be equipped with requisite safety appliances.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-412 Safety appliances; codes and standards.
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All safety appliances prescribed by sections 48-401 to 48-424 shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Labor. The commissioner is directed and empowered to formulate, adopt, publish and enforce such safety codes, orders, rules and standards as he deems necessary, i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-413 Safety codes; adopt, amend, or repeal; Nebraska Safety Code for Building Construction; procedures.
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(1) The Commissioner of Labor shall, from time to time, create advisory committees composed of employers, employees, and such other persons as the commissioner may designate, to advise him in formulating, adopting, amending or repealing such codes, orders, rules and standards. Be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-414 Safety codes; enforcement; violation; penalty; coverage of sections.
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It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor to make or cause to be made periodic inspections of all places of employment for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of such safety codes as have been adopted, and any inspector or employee of the commissioner may order the di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-415 Safety codes; validity or reasonableness; appeal to Commissioner of Labor.
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Any person in interest, or his duly authorized agent, may file a petition with the Commissioner of Labor for a review of the validity or reasonableness of any code, order, rule or standard made under the provisions of section 48-412. The commissioner shall, as soon as practicable…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-416 Appeal; procedure.
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Any person in interest who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Commissioner of Labor may appeal the decision, and the decision shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-417 Electric plants; safety regulations.
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Signs or indicating lamps shall be placed at all switches in electric light and power plants or other places where high-pressure currents are used, to show whether the current is on or off the circuit. When current is turned off a circuit for repair, the switch shall first be tag…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-419 Steam boilers; repairs; safety regulations.
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Where a number of boilers deliver to a common steam main, they shall be equipped with a shutoff or throttle valve for each boiler to take it out of service for repairs and inspection necessitating the entry therein of workmen. A metal shield shall be constructed covering the hand…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-420 Fire escapes; when required.
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Every factory or other institution, more than two stories in height, shall be equipped with outside fireproof iron stairways, chutes or toboggans, and one automatic fire escape for every fifteen persons working or congregating therein at any time, who, for any reason, are unable …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-421 Accidents; reports; contents.
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Every person operating a plant where machinery is used, shall report in writing to the Department of Labor all fatal accidents within forty-eight hours after their occurrence, and all other accidents within two weeks after their occurrence. Such report shall state fully the cause…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-422 Violations; liability for injuries.
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Every person operating a plant where machinery is used who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 48-401 to 48-424 shall be liable in damages to any person injured, as a result thereof, or to the heirs of any person who shall have died as a result thereof.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-423 Violations; assumption of risk.
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The continuance by any person in the employ of any such operator shall not be deemed an assumption of the risks of such employment.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-424 Health and safety regulations; violations; penalty.
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Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 48-401 to 48-423 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-425 Scaffolds or staging; safety requirements.
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All scaffolds, hoists, cranes, stays, ladders, supports or other mechanical contrivances used in the erection, repairing, alteration, removal or painting of any house, building, bridge, viaduct or other structure, shall be erected and constructed in a safe, suitable and proper ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-426 Buildings; construction; supports, floor strength.
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If in any house, building or structure in process of erection or construction, except a private barn, or a private house, the distance between the enclosed walls is more than twenty-four feet in the clear, there shall be built, kept and maintained, proper intermediate supports fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-427 Buildings; construction; floor loads; notice.
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The owner of every house, building or structure, except a private barn or a private house, shall affix and display conspicuously on each floor of such building during construction, a placard, stating the load per square foot of floor surface which may, with safety, be applied to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-428 Scaffolding; platforms; inspection; notice; duty to render safe.
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Whenever it shall come to the notice of the Department of Labor or the local authority in any city or village of this state, charged with the duty of enforcing the building laws, that the scaffolding or the slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, stays, braces, ladders, irons or ropes …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-429 Scaffolding; staging; safety devices.
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Any person employing or directing another to perform labor of any kind in the erecting, altering, repairing or painting of any water pipe, standpipe, tank, smokestack, chimney, tower, steeple, pole, staff, dome or cupola, when the use of any scaffolding, staging, swing, hammock, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-430 Buildings; floors; safety regulations.
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All contractors and owners, when constructing buildings where the plans and specifications require the floors to be arched between the beams thereof, or where the floors or filling in between the floors are fireproof material or brick work, shall complete the flooring or filling …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-431 Buildings; construction; elevating machines or hoists; safety regulations.
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If elevating machines or hoisting apparatus are used within a building in the course of construction for the purpose of lifting materials to be used in such construction, the contractors or owners shall cause the shafts or openings in each floor to be enclosed or fenced in on all…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-432 Buildings; elevating machines or hoists; signals.
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If elevating machines or hoisting apparatus, operated or controlled by other than hand power, are used in the construction, alteration or removal of any building or other structure, a complete and adequate system of communication by means of signals shall be provided and maintain…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-433 Building plans; duty of architects or draftsmen; violation; penalty.
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All architects or draftsmen in preparing plans, specifications or drawings to be used in the erection, repairing, altering or removing of any building or structure within the terms and provisions of sections 48-425 to 48-435, shall provide in such plans, specifications and drawin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-434 Violations; penalty; prosecution.
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(1) Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 48-425 to 48-432 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. (2) All prosecutions for offenses relating to health and safety laws and regulations under sections 48-401 to 48-435 shall be brought in the name of the State of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-435 Buildings; construction; violations; assumption of risk.
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The continuance by any person in the employ of any such operator shall not be deemed an assumption of the risk of such employment.