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On November 5, 2024, Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved Nebraska Initiative 436 (also known as the Healthy Families and Workplace Act), which requires employers to begin providing earned paid sick time (PST) to most Nebraska employees on October 1, 2025. On May 28, 2025, the Nebraska Legislature passed Nebraska LB No. 415, which clarifies and amends the NHFWA.
The Amended Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act
Under the NHFWA, most Nebraska employers must provide earned paid sick time to employees starting October 1, 2025. The law exempts employers that are federal or state governments or political subdivisions of the state.
Under the NHFWA, employees earn one hour of paid sick time for every thirty hours worked. Employers with twenty or more employees can cap accrual and use of PST at fifty-six hours per year. Small employers (defined by the amendment to include employers with eleven to nineteen employees) can cap accrual and use at forty hours each year. Employees can carry over all unused PST at the end of the year, but carryover does not affect the annual accrual and use caps that are based on employer size.
LB-415 clarifies and amends the NHFWA as follows:
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