Nebraska
This guide provides an overview of legal requirements related to group life insurance and disability benefits in Nebraska.
Nebraska does not have a family and medical leave law applicable to private sector employers. This guide provides an in-depth review of family military leave and adoption leave, and an overview of leave as a pregnancy accommodation.
Updated to reflect the state's paid sick leave law, effective October 1, 2025.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Nebraska requirements regarding immigration and the employment eligibility verification process, including the use of E-Verify for public contractors and for tax incentives for private employers, and the RIDE program.
Nebraska employers with 10 or more employees seeking to educate employees about the availability of volunteer emergency responder leave and to show their compliance with Nebraska's Volunteer Emergency Responders Job Protection Act should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Nebraska employers seeking to show their compliance with Nebraska's law regarding texting while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or while driving a company-owned vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Nebraska employers that are in control of the place or premises and that wish to limit or prohibit weapons in the workplace should consider including this statement in their handbook. Employers should also consider including this statement in their handbook to prevent workplace violence, provide notice that weapons will not be permitted inside the workplace and show their compliance with the Nebraska law that gives employees the right to keep a lawfully possessed firearm inside a locked personal vehicle in a company parking lot that is open to the public.
Nebraska employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.