Nebraska Healthy Families & Workplace Act

Nebraska’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act applies to all employers and/or employees that work in Nebraska EXCEPT: 

• Businesses with 10 or fewer employees,
• Workers under age 16 who do not have dependents, 
• Employees who work fewer than 80 hours annually,
• Temporary and seasonal agricultural employees,
• Business owners on payroll.

Employers must implement a policy that includes, at least, the specifications defined in the Nebraska’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

• Employees must accrue at least one (1) hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Employers can either provide paid sick time on an accrual basis or frontload it at the beginning of the year.  
• Small businesses with 11-19 employees must provide at least 40 hours of paid sick time annually. 
• Businesses with 20 or more employees must provide at least 56 hours of paid sick time annually. 
•  Eligible employees must begin accruing leave after 80 hours of consecutive employment.  

Employers are required to provide employees with a statement of the following on each regular pay period: 

• Amount of paid sick time available, 
• Amount of paid sick time taken, and 
• Amount of pay the employee has received as paid sick time.