At a Glance

• Employers with 10 or fewer employees will no longer be covered by the law
• Accrual for new hires may be delayed until they have completed 80 hours of consecutive employment in Nebraska
• For 2025, employers offering benefits on a calendar year basis will receive credit for any paid sick time provided to an employee on or after January 1, 2025 and before the law becomes effective on October 1, 2025

On June 4, 2025, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed LB 415, which modifies the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act (HFWA) in advance of its October 1, 2025 effective date. Nebraska’s HFWA was one of three paid sick time ballot measures voters approved in the November 2024 election (along with Missouri and Alaska), and the Nebraska legislature is now the second, after Missouri, to modify the provisions of the voter-enacted measure, with Missouri’s legislature repealing its law altogether, pending action from the state governor.

While the amendments make some welcome changes for employers, they do not resolve some of the major compliance challenges presented by the structure of the law, particularly for multi-state employers.

Covered Employers & Employees: The amendments now entirely exempt employers with 10 or fewer employees from coverage. Currently, under the law, all employers with at least one employee are covered, but different standards will apply to those with 19 or fewer employees in 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year (“small...

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