The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Nebraska
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Statute; Laws 1993, LB 757, § 32 (workers' compensation reform)
- Issued
- 2020-10-21 Oct. 21, 2020
- Effective
- standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3 (read as 2020-10-21)
- End
- standing through the period (narrowed to public employers by Laws 2026, LB397, effective July 18, 2026) (read as 2026-07-18)
- In force
- Standing since Oct. 21, 2020 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- employers (every public and private employer subject to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, including clients of professional employer organizations)
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Nebraska DUT-NE
Operative words
(1)(a) Not later than January 1, 1994, every public and private employer subject to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act shall establish a safety committee. Such committee shall adopt and maintain an effective written injury prevention program. (b) A client of a professional employer organization is not relieved of its obligation to establish a safety committee
Penalty
No criminal penalty in the section; reinstatement and lost wages for retaliation (subsection (4))
What it required
Every private and public employer subject to the Workers' Compensation Act had to maintain a safety committee with an 'effective written injury prevention program'; employees were protected against discharge for complaints to the committee 'or any governmental agency having regulatory responsibility for occupational safety and health' (subsection (4)).
Retrieval noteThe live statute now reads 'Every public employer' (Laws 2026, LB397, § 3, effective July 18, 2026); the exhibit preserves the 2020-2021 text, which covered every private employer. The rendered page carries the Wayback toolbar identifying the capture.