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NE Code § 48-613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-613 - Oaths; depositions; subpoenas.

48-613.  Oaths; depositions; subpoenas.In the discharge of the duties imposed by the Employment Security Law, the Commissioner of Labor, an impartial hearing officer employed by the Department of Labor, and any duly authorized representative of any of them shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of such law.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 393;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-613;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 12;  Laws 2001, LB 192, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 13.
NE Code § 48-614 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-614 - Subpoenas; contumacy or disobedience; punishable as contempt; penalty.

48-614.  Subpoenas; contumacy or disobedience; punishable as contempt; penalty.The Commissioner of Labor, a hearing officer, or a duly authorized representative of the commissioner may petition a court to enforce a subpoena issued by the commissioner or a hearing officer in case of contumacy by any person or refusal of any person to obey such a subpoena. Any court of this state which has subject matter jurisdiction and has venue jurisdiction of the place where the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business has jurisdiction to issue such person an order requiring him or her to appear before the commissioner, a hearing officer, or a duly authorized representative and to produce evidence or give testimony if so ordered touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt. Any person who without just cause fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records, if it is in his or her power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena of the commissioner, a hearing officer, or a duly authorized representative shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall be a separate offense.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 393;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-614;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 291;  Laws 2001, LB 192, § 7;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 14.
NE Code § 48-616 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-616 - Commissioner of Labor; cooperation with Secretary of Labor of the United States; duties.

48-616.  Commissioner of Labor; cooperation with Secretary of Labor of the United States; duties.In the administration of the Employment Security Law, the Commissioner of Labor shall cooperate, to the fullest extent consistent with such law, with the Secretary of Labor of the United States. The commissioner is authorized and directed to adopt appropriate rules and regulations, administrative methods, and standards, as may be necessary to secure to this state and its citizens all advantages available under the Social Security Act, under sections 3303 and 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and under the Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with states in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes, approved June 6, 1933, as amended. The commissioner shall comply with the regulations of the Secretary of Labor relating to the receipt or expenditure by this state of money granted under any of such acts. The commissioner shall make such reports, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time require, and shall comply with such provisions as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. Upon request, the commissioner shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's rights to further benefits under the Employment Security Law. The commissioner may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance law.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 394;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 8, p. 247;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 16, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-616;   Laws 1961, c. 238, § 3, p. 709;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 13;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 15.
NE Code § 48-617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-617 - Unemployment Compensation Fund; establishment; composition; investment.

48-617.  Unemployment Compensation Fund; establishment; composition; investment.(1) There is hereby established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Commissioner of Labor exclusively for the purposes of the Employment Security Law. The fund shall consist of:(a) All contributions and payments in lieu of contributions collected under such law together with any interest thereon collected pursuant to sections 48-655 to 48-660.01, except as provided in subdivision (1)(b) of section 48-621;(b) Interest earned upon any money in the fund;(c) Any property or securities acquired through the use of money belonging to the fund;(d) All earnings of such property or securities;(e) All money credited to this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund pursuant to section 903 of the federal Social Security Act, as amended; and(f) All other money received for the fund from any other source.(2) Any money in the Unemployment Compensation Fund available for investment by the State of Nebraska shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 9, p. 387;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 7, p. 243;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-709;   R.S.1943, § 48-617;   Laws 1947, c. 175, § 4, p. 572;   Laws 1957, c. 208, § 1, p. 728;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 48, p. 2374;   Laws 1972, LB 1392, § 3;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 14;   Laws 1995, LB 1, § 2;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 46;  Laws 2000, LB 953, § 3;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 16.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 48-620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-620 - Unemployment Trust Fund; discontinuance.

48-620.  Unemployment Trust Fund; discontinuance.(1) The provisions of sections 48-617 to 48-619, to the extent that they relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund, shall be operative only so long as such Unemployment Trust Fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America continues to maintain for this state a separate book account of all funds deposited therein by this state for benefit purposes. The separate book account for this state shall also include the state's proportionate share of earnings from the Unemployment Trust Fund, from which no other state is permitted to make withdrawals. If and when the Unemployment Trust Fund ceases to exist or such separate book account is no longer maintained, all money, properties, or securities therein belonging to the Unemployment Compensation Fund of this state shall be transferred to the treasurer of the Unemployment Compensation Fund.(2) If advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund under Title XII of the federal Social Security Act are necessary, any interest required to be paid on such advances shall be paid in a timely manner and shall not be paid by this state, directly or indirectly, by an equivalent reduction in state unemployment taxes or otherwise, from amounts in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 9, p. 388;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 7, p. 245;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-709;   R.S.1943, § 48-620;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 49, p. 2375;   Laws 1984, LB 746, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 47;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 19.
NE Code § 48-622 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-622 - Funds lost and improper expenditures; replacement; reimbursement.

48-622.  Funds lost and improper expenditures; replacement; reimbursement.This state recognizes its obligation to replace, and hereby pledges the faith of this state that funds will be provided in the future, and applied to the replacement of, any money received from the Secretary of Labor of the United States under Title III of the Social Security Act, any unencumbered balances in the Employment Security Administration Fund, any money granted to this state pursuant to the Wagner-Peyser Act, and any money made available by the state or its political subdivisions and matched by such money granted to this state pursuant to the Wagner-Peyser Act, which the Secretary of Labor finds has, because of any action or contingency, been lost or has been expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in excess of, those found necessary by the Secretary of Labor for the proper administration of the Employment Security Law. To the extent possible such money shall be promptly replaced by money appropriated for such purpose from the Employment Security Special Contingent Fund of this state to the Employment Security Administration Fund for expenditure as provided in section 48-621.Source   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 10, p. 398;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-712;   R.S.1943, § 48-622;   Laws 1949, c. 163, § 6, p. 423;   Laws 1961, c. 238, § 4, p. 710;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 18.
NE Code § 48-622.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-622.01 - State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund; created; use; investment; commissioner; powers and duties; cessation of state unemployment insurance tax; effect.

48-622.01.  State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund; created; use; investment; commissioner; powers and duties; cessation of state unemployment insurance tax; effect.(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. All state unemployment insurance tax collected under sections 48-648 to 48-661, less refunds, shall be paid into the fund. Such money shall be held in trust for payment of unemployment insurance benefits. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, except that interest earned on money in the fund shall be credited to the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund at the end of each calendar quarter.(2) The commissioner shall have the authority to determine when and in what amounts withdrawals from the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund for payment of benefits are necessary. Amounts withdrawn for payment of benefits shall be immediately forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America to the credit of the state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, any provision of law in this state relating to the deposit, administration, release, or disbursement of money in the possession or custody of this state to the contrary notwithstanding.(3) If and when the state unemployment insurance tax ceases to exist as determined by the Governor, all money then in the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund less accrued interest shall be immediately transferred to the credit of the state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, any provision of law in this state relating to the deposit, administration, release, or disbursement of money in the possession or custody of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. The determination to eliminate the state unemployment insurance tax shall be based on the solvency of the state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and the need for training of Nebraska workers. Accrued interest in the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund shall be credited to the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund.Source   Laws 1994, LB 1337, § 4;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 48;  Laws 2009, LB631, § 2;  Laws 2011, LB378, § 23;  Laws 2014, LB906, § 16;  Laws 2014, LB997, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 21.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 48-622.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-622.02 - Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund; created; use; investment; Administrative Costs Reserve Account; created; use.

48-622.02.  Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund; created; use; investment; Administrative Costs Reserve Account; created; use.(1) The Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund is created. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. No expenditures shall be made from the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund without the written authorization of the Governor upon the recommendation of the commissioner. Any interest earned on money in the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund shall be credited to the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund.(2) Money in the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund shall be used for (a) administrative costs of establishing, assessing, collecting, and maintaining state unemployment insurance tax liability and payments, (b) administrative costs of creating, operating, maintaining, and dissolving the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund, (c) support of public and private job training programs designed to train, retrain, or upgrade work skills of existing Nebraska workers of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses, (d) recruitment of workers to Nebraska, (e) training new employees of expanding Nebraska businesses, (f) the costs of creating a common web portal for the attraction of businesses and workers to Nebraska, (g) developing and conducting labor availability and skills gap studies pursuant to the Sector Partnership Program Act, for which money may be transferred to the Sector Partnership Program Fund as directed by the Legislature, and (h) payment of unemployment insurance benefits if solvency of the state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and of the State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund so require.(3) The Administrative Costs Reserve Account is created within the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund. Money shall be allocated from the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund to the Administrative Costs Reserve Account in amounts sufficient to pay the anticipated administrative costs identified in subsection (2) of this section.(4) The State Treasurer shall transfer two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund to the Sector Partnership Program Fund no later than July 15, 2016.Source   Laws 1994, LB 1337, § 5;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 49;  Laws 2009, LB631, § 3;  Laws 2012, LB911, § 1;  Laws 2014, LB997, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB1110, § 13;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 22.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.  Sector Partnership Program Act, see section 48-3401.
NE Code § 48-622.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-622.03 - Nebraska Worker Training Board; created; members; chairperson; annual program plan; report.

48-622.03.  Nebraska Worker Training Board; created; members; chairperson; annual program plan; report.(1) There is hereby created the Nebraska Worker Training Board. The board shall consist of seven members appointed and serving for terms determined by the Governor as follows:(a) A representative of employers in Nebraska;(b) A representative of employees in Nebraska;(c) A representative of the public;(d) The Commissioner of Labor or a designee;(e) The Director of Economic Development or a designee;(f) The Commissioner of Education or a designee; and(g) The chairperson of the governing board of the Nebraska Community College Association or a designee.(2) The chairperson of the Nebraska Worker Training Board shall be the representative of the employers in Nebraska.(3) By July 1 of each year, the board shall prepare an annual program plan for the upcoming fiscal year containing guidelines for the program financed by the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, guidelines for certifying training providers, criteria for evaluating requests for the use of money under section 48-622.02, and guidelines for requiring employers to provide matching funds. The guidelines shall give priority to training that contributes to the expansion of the Nebraska workforce and increasing the pool of highly skilled workers in Nebraska.(4) By December 31 of each year, the Department of Labor shall provide a report to the Governor covering the activities of the program financed by the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund for the previous fiscal year. The report shall contain an assessment of the effectiveness of the program and its administration.Source   Laws 1994, LB 1337, § 6;  Laws 2009, LB631, § 4;  Laws 2014, LB997, § 3;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 23;  Laws 2019, LB359, § 4;  Laws 2020, LB1016, § 1.
NE Code § 48-623 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-623 - Benefits; how paid.

48-623.  Benefits; how paid.All benefits provided in the Employment Security Law shall be payable from the Unemployment Compensation Fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 3, p. 374;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 2, p. 233;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 2, p. 381;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-703;   R.S.1943, § 48-623;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 19;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 24.
NE Code § 48-624 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-624 - Benefits; weekly benefit amount; calculation.

48-624.  Benefits; weekly benefit amount; calculation.For any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 2018:(1) An individual's weekly benefit amount shall be one-half of his or her average weekly wage rounded down to the nearest even whole dollar amount, but shall not exceed one-half of the state average weekly wage as annually determined under section 48-121.02;(2) For purposes of this section, an individual's average weekly wage shall equal the wages paid for insured work in the highest quarter of the base period divided by thirteen; and(3) Any change in the weekly benefit amounts prescribed in this section or in the maximum annual benefit amount prescribed in section 48-626 shall be applicable for the calendar year following the annual determination made pursuant to section 48-121.02.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 3, p. 375;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 2, p. 233;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 2, p. 381;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-703;   R.S.1943, § 48-624;   Laws 1945, c. 114, § 2, p. 371;   Laws 1949, c. 163, § 1, p. 423;   Laws 1951, c. 157, § 1, p. 630;   Laws 1953, c. 168, § 1, p. 541;   Laws 1955, c. 190, § 5, p. 542;   Laws 1957, c. 209, § 1, p. 738;   Laws 1959, c. 229, § 1, p. 802;   Laws 1963, c. 291, § 1, p. 870;   Laws 1965, c. 286, § 1, p. 819;   Laws 1967, c. 299, § 1, p. 814;   Laws 1969, c. 401, § 1, p. 1394;   Laws 1971, LB 651, § 4;   Laws 1972, LB 1391, § 1;   Laws 1973, LB 333, § 1;   Laws 1974, LB 775, § 1;   Laws 1975, LB 475, § 1;   Laws 1977, LB 337, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 183, § 1;   Laws 1983, LB 524, § 1;   Laws 1985, LB 216, § 1;   Laws 1987, LB 446, § 1;   Laws 1990, LB 315, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 286, § 2;   Laws 1998, LB 225, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 739, § 5;  Laws 2007, LB265, § 8;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 25.
NE Code § 48-625 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-625 - Benefits; weekly payment; how computed.

48-625.  Benefits; weekly payment; how computed.(1) Each eligible individual who is unemployed in any week shall be paid with respect to such week a benefit in an amount equal to his or her full weekly benefit amount if he or she has wages payable to him or her with respect to such week equal to one-fourth of such benefit amount or less. In the event he or she has wages payable to him or her with respect to such week greater than one-fourth of such benefit amount, he or she shall be paid with respect to that week an amount equal to the individual's weekly benefit amount less that part of wages payable to the individual with respect to that week in excess of one-fourth of the individual's weekly benefit amount. In the event there is any deduction from such individual's weekly benefit amount because of earned wages pursuant to this subsection or as a result of the application of section 48-628.02, the resulting benefit payment, if not an exact dollar amount, shall be computed to the next lower dollar amount.(2) Any amount of unemployment compensation payable to any individual for any week, if not an even dollar amount, shall be rounded to the next lower full dollar amount.The percentage of benefits and the percentage of extended benefits which are federally funded may be adjusted in accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, Public Law 99-177.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 3, p. 375;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 2, p. 234;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 2, p. 382;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-703;   R.S.1943, § 48-625;   Laws 1949, c. 163, § 8, p. 424;   Laws 1953, c. 167, § 5, p. 531;   Laws 1980, LB 800, § 2;   Laws 1982, LB 801, § 1;   Laws 1983, LB 248, § 3;   Laws 1986, LB 950, § 2;   Laws 1987, LB 461, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 1, § 6;  Laws 1999, LB 608, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 739, § 8;  Laws 2015, LB271, § 5;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 26.
NE Code § 48-627.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-627.01 - Benefits; monetary eligibility; earned wages; adjustment.

48-627.01.  Benefits; monetary eligibility; earned wages; adjustment.(1) In addition to the requirements of section 48-627, for any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, an unemployed individual shall be monetarily eligible to receive benefits if the commissioner finds he or she has:(a) Earned total wages for employment by employers equal to not less than four thousand one hundred forty-five dollars and seventy-four cents within his or her base period. Of such total wages, at least one thousand eight hundred fifty dollars shall have been paid in one quarter in his or her base period and eight hundred dollars shall have been paid in a second quarter of his or her base period; and(b) Earned wages in insured work of at least six times his or her weekly benefit amount for the previous benefit year subsequent to filing the claim which establishes the previous benefit year.(2) Beginning on January 1, 2019, and each January 1 thereafter, the amount which an individual is required to earn within his or her base period under subdivision (1)(a) of this section shall be adjusted annually. The adjusted amount shall be equal to the then current amount adjusted by the cumulative percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics for the one-year period ending on the previous September 30. If such adjusted amount is not a whole dollar amount, the adjusted amount shall be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar amount.(3) For purposes of this section:(a) For the determination of monetary eligibility, wages paid within a base period shall not include wages from any calendar quarter previously used to establish a valid claim for benefits; and(b) For benefit purposes, wages shall be counted as wages for insured work with respect to any benefit year only if such benefit year begins subsequent to the date on which the employer, by whom such wages were paid, has satisfied the conditions of section 48-603 or subsection (3) of section 48-661 with respect to becoming an employer.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 29.