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NE Code § 48-437 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-437 - High voltage lines; prohibited acts; penalty.

48-437.  High voltage lines; prohibited acts; penalty.(1) No person, firm, or corporation, or agent of such person, firm, or corporation, shall require or permit any employee, except an authorized and qualified person, to perform and no person, except an authorized and qualified person, shall perform any function within the distances from overhead high voltage conductors prohibited by sections 48-436 to 48-442; or enter upon any land, building, or other premises, and there to engage in any excavation, demolition, construction, repair, or other operations, or to erect, install, operate, or store in or upon such premises any tools, machinery, equipment, materials, or structures, including house-moving, well-drilling, pile-driving, or hoisting equipment, within the distances from overhead high voltage conductors prohibited by sections 48-436 to 48-442, unless and until danger from accidental contact with such high voltage conductors has been effectively guarded against in the manner prescribed in sections 48-436 to 48-442.(2)(a) No person except an authorized and qualified person shall manipulate overhead high voltage conductors or other components, including the poles and other structures, of an electric utility. Under no circumstances shall an authorized and qualified person work on the electrical system of an electric utility that he or she is not employed by unless written authorization has been obtained from such electric utility. This subsection shall not be construed to apply to activities performed by an authorized and qualified person employed by an electric utility on the electrical system of another electric utility when the nonowning or nonoperating electric utility has a written agreement with the owning and operating electric utility (i) providing for the joint use of or interconnection of the electrical systems of both the electric utilities or (ii) approving authorized and qualified persons employed by the nonowning or nonoperating electric utility to work on the electrical system of the owning or operating electric utility on an ongoing basis.(b) Any person, firm, or corporation, or any employee thereof, violating any provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1969, c. 390, § 2, p. 1371;  Laws 2012, LB997, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB973, § 1.
NE Code § 48-438 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-438 - High voltage lines; tools, equipment, materials, or buildings; operation, movement, or erection; use; conditions.

48-438.  High voltage lines; tools, equipment, materials, or buildings; operation, movement, or erection; use; conditions.(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the operation or erection of any tools, machinery, or equipment, or any part thereof capable of vertical, lateral, or swinging motion, or the handling or storage of any supplies, materials, or apparatus or the moving of any house or other building, or any part thereof, under, over, by, or near overhead high voltage conductors, shall be prohibited if, at any time during such operation or other manipulation, it is possible to bring such equipment, tools, materials, building, or any part thereof within ten feet of such overhead high voltage conductors, except where such high voltage conductors have been effectively guarded against danger from accidental contact, by any of the following:(a) Erection of mechanical barriers to prevent physical contact with high voltage conductors;(b) Deenergizing of the high voltage conductors and grounding where necessary; or(c) Temporary relocation of overhead high voltage conductors.(2) The minimum distance required by this section for cranes or other boom type equipment in transit with no load and with raiseable portions lowered shall be four feet.(3) Nothing in sections 48-436 to 48-442 shall prohibit the moving of general farm equipment under high voltage conductors where clearances required by sections 48-436 to 48-442 are maintained.(4) The activities performed as described in subdivisions (1)(a), (b), and (c) of this section shall be performed only by the owner or operator of the high voltage conductors unless written authorization has been obtained from such owner or operator. This subsection shall not be construed to apply to activities performed by an electric utility on high voltage conductors of another electric utility when the electric utilities have a written agreement (a) providing for joint use of poles or structures supporting the high voltage conductors of the electric utilities or (b) approving the nonowning electric utility's performance of the activities described in subdivisions (1)(a), (b), and (c) of this section on an ongoing basis on the owning or operating electric utility's high voltage conductors.Source   Laws 1969, c. 390, § 3, p. 1371;  Laws 2012, LB997, § 3.
NE Code § 48-439 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-439 - Posting of warning signs.

48-439.  Posting of warning signs.The owner, agent or employer responsible for the operation of equipment shall post and maintain in plain view of the operator on each crane, derrick, driver, or similar apparatus, any part of which is capable of vertical, lateral or swinging motion, an approved weather resistant warning sign legible at twelve feet reading: Warning—Unlawful to operate this equipment within ten feet of high voltage conductors; and shall post and maintain similar signs on the outside of the equipment in such locations as to be readily visible to other persons engaged in the work operation or in the vicinity of the work operation.Source  Laws 1969, c. 390, § 4, p. 1372.
NE Code § 48-441 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-441 - Sections, when not applicable.

48-441.  Sections, when not applicable.Nothing in sections 48-436 to 48-442 shall apply to any authorized or qualified person as defined in section 48-436 or the owner, agent, or employer of such persons in the performance of work or the moving of equipment in the conduct of its business.Source  Laws 1969, c. 390, § 6, p. 1373.
NE Code § 48-442 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-442 - Violations; penalty.

48-442.  Violations; penalty.Except as provided in subdivision (2)(b) of section 48-437, any person, firm, or corporation, or any employee thereof, violating any provisions of sections 48-436 to 48-442 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor. Each day's failure to comply with any of the provisions of sections 48-436 to 48-442 shall constitute a separate violation.Source   Laws 1969, c. 390, § 7, p. 1373;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 287;  Laws 2016, LB973, § 2.
NE Code § 48-443 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-443 - Safety committee; when required; membership; employee rights and remedies.

48-443.  Safety committee; when required; membership; employee rights and remedies.(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 based on its workers being co-employees of the professional employer organization. A professional employer agreement shall not allocate the client's responsibility to establish a safety committee to the professional employer organization. For purposes of this subdivision, the terms client, professional employer organization, and professional employer agreement shall have the same meaning as in section 48-2702. This subdivision becomes operative on January 1, 2012.(2)(a) For employers subject to collective-bargaining agreements, the establishment of the safety committee shall be accomplished through the collective-bargaining process.(b) For employers not subject to collective-bargaining agreements, the safety committee shall be composed of an equal number of members representing employees and the employer. Employee members shall not be selected by the employer but shall be selected pursuant to procedures prescribed in rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor.(c) The cost of maintaining and operating the safety committee shall be minimal to the employer.(3) An employer shall compensate employee members of the safety committee at their regular hourly wage plus their regular benefits while the employees are attending committee meetings or otherwise engaged in committee duties.(4) An employee shall not be discharged or discriminated against by his or her employer because he or she makes any oral or written complaint to the safety committee or any governmental agency having regulatory responsibility for occupational safety and health, and any employee so discharged or discriminated against shall be reinstated and shall receive reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by the employer's action.Source   Laws 1993, LB 757, § 32;  Laws 2010, LB579, § 19. Cross References  Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, see section 48-1,110.
NE Code § 48-444 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-444 - Safety committee; failure to establish; violation; penalty.

48-444.  Safety committee; failure to establish; violation; penalty.If the Commissioner of Labor finds, after notice and hearing, that an employer has failed to establish a safety committee pursuant to section 48-443 within fifteen days after notification by the Commissioner of Labor of the obligation to do so, the Commissioner of Labor may order payment of a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate violation.Source  Laws 1993, LB 757, § 33.
NE Code § 48-445 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-445 - Safety committee; rules and regulations.

48-445.  Safety committee; rules and regulations.The Commissioner of Labor shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 48-443 and 48-444.Source  Laws 1993, LB 757, § 34.
NE Code § 48-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-601 - Act, how cited.

48-601.  Act, how cited.Sections 48-601 to 48-683 shall be known and may be cited as the Employment Security Law.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 1, p. 370;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 14, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-701;   R.S.1943, § 48-601;   Laws 1949, c. 163, § 1, p. 417;   Laws 1953, c. 167, § 1, p. 520;   Laws 1981, LB 470, § 1;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 1;   Laws 1985, LB 343, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 1337, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1072, § 1;  Laws 2001, LB 192, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 484, § 2;  Laws 2005, LB 739, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB265, § 3;  Laws 2010, LB1020, § 1;  Laws 2014, LB961, § 12;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 4.  Annotations  Appeals to the Supreme Court under the provisions of the Employment Security Law are reviewed de novo on the record. Smith v. Sorensen, 222 Neb. 599, 386 N.W.2d 5 (1986). The Employment Security Law provides one avenue of judicial appeal when the dispute concerns benefit liability and another when the dispute concerns contribution liability. Northern Messenger v. Sorensen, 218 Neb. 846, 359 N.W.2d 787 (1984). The state, by its Legislature, has extensively entered the field of labor. Midwest Employers Council, Inc. v. City of Omaha, 177 Neb. 877, 131 N.W.2d 609 (1964). A compensable claim for benefits under the unemployment compensation act must have some relation to, or connection with, the employment which employee has lost. Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Soc. v. Olsen, 141 Neb. 776, 4 N.W.2d 923 (1942).
NE Code § 48-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-605 - Commissioner; salary.

48-605.  Commissioner; salary.The commissioner, for his or her services with respect to the administration of the Employment Security Law, shall receive the salary of the commissioner as set out in section 81-103.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 10, p. 389;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 15, p. 254;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 15, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-710;   R.S.1943, § 48-605;   Laws 1947, c. 175, § 3, p. 572;   Laws 1949, c. 163, § 3, p. 420;   Laws 1961, c. 239, § 1, p. 712;   Laws 1984, LB 747, § 1;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 5;  Laws 2015, LB271, § 4.
NE Code § 48-606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-606 - Commissioner; duties; powers; annual report; schedule of fees.

48-606.  Commissioner; duties; powers; annual report; schedule of fees.(1) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor to administer the Employment Security Law. He or she shall have the power and authority to employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such investigations, and take such other action as he or she deems necessary or suitable, if consistent with the Employment Security Law. The commissioner shall determine his or her own organization and methods of procedure in accordance with such law and shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. Not later than the first day of January of each year, the commissioner shall submit to the Governor a report covering the administration and operation of such law during the preceding combined tax rate computational period ending September 30. The report shall include a balance sheet of the money in the fund in which there shall be provided a reserve against the liability in future years to pay benefits in excess of the then current contributions. The reserve shall be set up by the commissioner. Whenever the commissioner believes that a change in contribution or benefit rates will become necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, he or she shall promptly inform the Governor and the Clerk of the Legislature and make recommendations with respect thereto. Such information and recommendations submitted to the Clerk of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically. Each member of the Legislature shall receive an electronic copy of such information upon request to the commissioner.(2) The commissioner may establish a schedule of fees to recover the cost of services including, but not limited to, copying, preparation of forms and other materials, responding to inquiries for information, payments for returned check charges and electronic payments not accepted, and furnishing publications prepared by the commissioner pursuant to the Employment Security Law. Fees received pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Employment Security Administration Fund.(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the department to charge any fee for making a claim for unemployment benefits or receiving assistance from the state employment service established pursuant to section 48-662 when performing functions within the purview of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq., as amended.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 390;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 8, p. 396;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-606;   Laws 1953, c. 167, § 4(1), p. 529;   Laws 1955, c. 231, § 8, p. 720;   Laws 1979, LB 322, § 17;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 6;   Laws 1987, LB 278, § 1;  Laws 2003, LB 195, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB265, § 5;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 61;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 8.
NE Code § 48-606.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-606.01 - Commissioner; office space; acquire; approval of Department of Administrative Services.

48-606.01.  Commissioner; office space; acquire; approval of Department of Administrative Services.The commissioner, with the written consent of the Department of Administrative Services, is authorized and empowered to use any funds available under either subdivision (1)(a) or (1)(b) of section 48-621, for the purpose of acquiring suitable office space within the corporate limits of the state capital city for the administration of the Employment Security Law. Office space may be acquired by purchase, by contract, or in any other manner including the right to use such funds, or any part thereof, to assist in financing the construction of any building erected by the State of Nebraska or any of its agencies. If the Department of Labor assists in financing the construction of any building erected by the State of Nebraska or any of its agencies under a lease or contract between the commissioner and the State of Nebraska or such other agency, the Department of Labor shall continue to occupy such space rent free after the cost of financing such building has been liquidated. The commissioner, upon approval by the Department of Administrative Services, is authorized and empowered to use any such funds to acquire suitable office space for local employment offices anywhere in the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1953, c. 167, § 4(2), p. 530;   Laws 1955, c. 190, § 2, p. 540;   Laws 1961, c. 239, § 2, p. 713;   Laws 1975, LB 359, § 1;   Laws 1984, LB 747, § 2;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 7;   Laws 1995, LB 1, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 953, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 9.
NE Code § 48-607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-607 - Rules and regulations; adoption; procedure.

48-607.  Rules and regulations; adoption; procedure.The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Employment Security Law pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. This section shall not be construed to invalidate any rules or regulations in effect on September 6, 1985.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 390;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-607;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 8.  Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 48-608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-608 - Commissioner; distribution; duty.

48-608.  Commissioner; distribution; duty.The Commissioner of Labor shall furnish eight copies of the text of the Employment Security Law and his or her rules and regulations to the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 391;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-608;   Laws 1972, LB 1284, § 16;   Laws 1981, LB 545, § 10;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 9;  Laws 2001, LB 192, § 4.
NE Code § 48-609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-609 - Personnel; powers of commissioner; bond or insurance; retirement system.

48-609.  Personnel; powers of commissioner; bond or insurance; retirement system.(1) Subject to other provisions of the Employment Security Law, the Commissioner of Labor is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of, and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts, and other persons as may be necessary in the performance of his or her duties under such law. The commissioner may delegate to any such person such power and authority as he or she deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of such law. Employees handling money or signing warrants under such law shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201. The commissioner may pay the share of the premium from the Employment Security Administration Fund. The commissioner shall classify positions under such law and shall establish salary schedules and minimum personnel standards for the positions so classified. The commissioner shall follow State Personnel System rules, regulations, and contract requirements for appointments, promotions, demotions, and terminations for cause based upon ratings of efficiency and fitness.(2) Any person employed by the department and paid from funds provided pursuant to Title III of the Social Security Act or funds from other federal sources shall be enrolled in the State Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska when he or she becomes eligible.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 391;   Laws 1939, c. 56, § 8, p. 246;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-609;   Laws 1961, c. 240, § 1, p. 715;   Laws 1978, LB 653, § 10;   Laws 1984, LB 747, § 3;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 10;   Laws 1987, LB 272, § 1;   Laws 1989, LB 29, § 1;  Laws 2004, LB 884, § 21;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 10.  Cross References  State Employees Retirement Act, see section 84-1331.
NE Code § 48-611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-611 - Commissioner; general duties.

48-611.  Commissioner; general duties.The Commissioner of Labor, with the advice and aid of advisory councils, shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depression and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry on and publish the results of investigations and research studies.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 392;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-611;   Laws 1984, LB 747, § 4.
NE Code § 48-612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-612 - Employers; records and reports required; privileged communications; violation; penalty.

48-612.  Employers; records and reports required; privileged communications; violation; penalty.(1) Each employer, whether or not subject to the Employment Security Law, shall keep true and accurate work records containing such information as required by the Commissioner of Labor. Such records shall be open to inspection and be subject to being copied by the commissioner or his or her authorized representatives at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary. The commissioner and a hearing officer may require from any such employer any sworn or unsworn reports, with respect to persons employed by it, deemed necessary for the effective administration of such law. Except as otherwise provided in section 48-612.01, information obtained pursuant to this section or obtained from any employer or individual pursuant to the administration of the Employment Security Law shall be held confidential.(2) Any employee of the commissioner who violates any provision of sections 48-606 to 48-616 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.(3) All letters, reports, communications, or any other matters, either oral or written, from an employer or his or her workers to each other or to the commissioner or any of his or her agents, representatives, or employees written or made in connection with the requirements and administration of the Employment Security Law, or the rules and regulations thereunder, shall be absolutely privileged. Any such letters, reports, communications, or other matters shall not be made the subject matter or basis for any suit for slander or libel in any court of this state, unless the same be false in fact and malicious in intent.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 11, p. 392;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-711;   R.S.1943, § 48-612;   Laws 1945, c. 115, § 2, p. 381;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 290;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 11;   Laws 1993, LB 757, § 31;  Laws 2001, LB 192, § 5;  Laws 2007, LB265, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 11.  Annotations Information provided to the Department of Labor in connection with the requirements of the Employment Security Law is privileged and cannot be the basis for a libel suit unless the information is both false and malicious. Molt v. Lindsay Mfg. Co., 248 Neb. 81, 532 N.W.2d 11 (1995).