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Nebraska Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave

Nebraska voters have approved a ballot initiative (Initiative Measure 436), which creates the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (the Act) and will provide paid sick time to employees. Employers must begin providing paid sick leave on Oct. 1, 2025.

Nebraska approves increase to minimum wage

On Nov. 7, 2022, Nebraska voters approved a ballot initiative to increase the state minimum wage. Initiative 433 was approved on a 58 percent to 42 percent vote.

Nebraska amends child labor laws

Nebraska has enacted Legislative Bill 780 that amends an employer’s requirements for child labor certificates. Legislative Bill 780 is effective immediately.

Nebraska requires exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Nebraska has enacted legislation (LB 906e) that requires employers to provide medical and religious exemptions if they mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. Legislative Bill 906e took effect on March 1, 2022.

Nebraska bans hairstyle discrimination

Nebraska has enacted legislation (LB 451) that bans discrimination on the basis of a person's hairstyle or type and texture of hair. LB 451 will take effect three months after the 2021 legislature adjourns, or around the end of August 2021.

Nebraska bans pay secrecy rules

Nebraska has enacted legislation (Legislative Bill 217) that will prohibit employers from discriminating against applicants and employees because they inquired about, discussed, or disclosed information regarding employee wages, benefits, or other compensation. 

Minimum Wage Update

Nebraska's minimum wage rate for employees increased from $7.25 per hour to $8.00 per hour on January 1, 2015, and will increase to $9.00 per hour on January 1, 2016.

Nebraska Poster Update

The Nebraska Unemployment poster has been updated with information regarding a claimant's requirements to expand the scope of their job search if they have been receiving benefits for over six weeks. The poster also explains when the Commissioner may waive the requirements that an applicant searches for work. Information regarding financial assistance for full-time students also has been added to the poster.

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California employers covered by the California Family Rights Act and the New Parent Leave Act are required to post a new notice starting April 1, 2019.

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Illinois has enacted legislation that will increase the state’s minimum wage in several phases and provide small employers with a tax credit.

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New Jersey has enacted legislation (Assembly Bill 3975) that expands the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment (NJ SAFE) Act, and the New Jersey Temporary Benefits Disability Law (NJTDBL).

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Private employers in New York’s Westchester County are restricted from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal background during the preliminary stages of the application process. 

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Protections for transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming employees in New York have been given a boost. Significant changes to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) will expand the scope of prohibited discriminatory conduct.

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Legal enforcement guidance on race discrimination on the basis of hair from the New York City Commission on Human Rights affirms that employer policies on appearance and grooming that ban, limit, or otherwise restrict natural hair or hairstyles may be unlawful under the New York City Human ...

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The City of Cincinnati has become the latest jurisdiction to adopt an ordinance prohibiting employers from asking about or relying on the prior salary history of prospective employees in setting starting pay.

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Oklahoma has amended its concealed carry firearm law clarifying employers’ rights and obligations with respect to prohibiting firearms on business premises.

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An amendment to the civil rights code of Portland, Oregon, extends protections against discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations to atheists, agnostics, and other “non-believers.” Religious facilities are expressly exempt.

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In major news for employers in Pittsburgh, the City Council just unanimously passed a new ordinance greatly expanding protections for pregnant employees and imposing several new requirements on private employers, much like those under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Americans with ...

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On March 8, 2019, the Governor of Virginia signed into law House Bill 2473 which revised the types of jobs that are included and excluded from the protections of the Virginia state minimum wage law. 

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