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NE Code § 48-819 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-819 - Commission; orders; effect; contempt.

48-819.  Commission; orders; effect; contempt.Orders, temporary or final, entered by the Commission of Industrial Relations shall be binding on all parties involved therein and shall be deemed to be of the same force and effect as like orders entered by a district court and shall be enforceable in appropriate proceedings in the courts of this state. Failure on the part of any person to obey any order, decree or judgment of the Commission of Industrial Relations, either temporary or final, shall constitute a contempt of such tribunal in all cases where a similar failure to obey a similar order, decree or judgment of a district court would constitute a contempt of such tribunal, and upon application to the appropriate district court of the state shall be dealt with as would a similar contempt of the said district court.Source  Laws 1947, c. 178, § 19, p. 593. Annotations  Once an order is entered by the Commission of Industrial Relations, the rights of the parties are established, but a suit to enforce those rights must be brought in the district court; and, while an order of the commission, once sued upon, may bear prejudgment interest, the commission is not authorized to order payment of interest as part of its order. IBEW Local 763 v. Omaha P.P. Dist., 209 Neb. 335, 307 N.W.2d 795 (1981). The Commission of Industrial Relations cannot enforce its own order, it must resort to the appropriate district court. University Police Officers Union v. University of Nebraska, 203 Neb. 4, 277 N.W.2d 529 (1979). To pass scrutiny of Constitution of the United States, Nebraska Court of Industrial Relations, in case within its jurisdiction, must be deemed to have sufficient power to fully vindicate, preserve, and protect a federal constitutional right. Teamsters Pub. Emp. U. Loc. 594 v. City of West Point, 338 F.Supp. 927 (D. Neb. 1972).
NE Code § 48-819.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-819.01 - Commission; power to make findings and enter orders; when.

48-819.01.  Commission; power to make findings and enter orders; when.Whenever it is alleged that a party to an industrial dispute has engaged in an act which is in violation of any of the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act, or which interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of the rights provided in such act, the commission shall have the power and authority to make such findings and to enter such temporary or permanent orders as the commission may find necessary to provide adequate remedies to the injured party or parties, to effectuate the public policy enunciated in section 48-802, and to resolve the dispute.Source   Laws 1979, LB 444, § 8;   Laws 1986, LB 809, § 7.  Annotations  The Commission on Industrial Relations' issuance of cease and desist orders is the equivalent of the commission ordering a party to cease and desist violating provisions of the Industrial Relations Act. Such orders are appropriate and adequate remedies under this section and subsection (2) of section 48-825. Crete Ed. Assn. v. Saline Cty. Sch. Dist. No. 76-0002, 265 Neb. 8, 654 N.W.2d 166 (2002). Under the facts presented in this case, the order of the Commission on Industrial Relations to post notices regarding the employer's violation of the Industrial Relations Act was not an appropriate and adequate remedy under this section and subsection (2) of section 48-825. Crete Ed. Assn. v. Saline Cty. Sch. Dist. No. 76-0002, 265 Neb. 8, 654 N.W.2d 166 (2002). The Commission of Industrial Relations has the authority to allow interest on an award. IAFF Local 831 v. City of No. Platte, 215 Neb. 89, 337 N.W.2d 716 (1983).
NE Code § 48-821 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-821 - Public service; interference; coercion; violation; penalty.

48-821.  Public service; interference; coercion; violation; penalty.It shall be unlawful for any person:(1) To hinder, delay, limit or suspend the continuity or efficiency of any governmental service or any governmental service in a proprietary capacity, or the service of any public utility, by lockout, strike, slowdown, or other work stoppage;(2) To coerce, instigate, induce, conspire with, intimidate or encourage any person to participate in any lockout, strike, slowdown or other work stoppage, which would hinder, delay, limit or suspend the continuity or efficiency of any governmental service or governmental service in a proprietary capacity, or the service of any public utility; or(3) To aid or assist any such lockout, strike, slowdown, or other work stoppage by giving direction or guidance in the conduct of any such lockout, strike, slowdown or other work stoppage or by providing funds for the conduct or direction thereof, or for the payment of strike, unemployment or other benefits to those participating therein.Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1947, c. 178, § 21, p. 594;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 298.
NE Code § 48-822 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-822 - Employees; no requirement to work without consent.

48-822.  Employees; no requirement to work without consent.No provision of the Industrial Relations Act shall be construed to require an employee to work without his or her consent, or to make illegal the quitting of his or her job or withdrawal from his or her place of employment unless done in concert or by agreement with others.Source   Laws 1947, c. 178, § 22, p. 594;   Laws 1986, LB 809, § 8.
NE Code § 48-823 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-823 - Act; liberal construction; commission; powers.

48-823.  Act; liberal construction; commission; powers.The Industrial Relations Act and all grants of power, authority, and jurisdiction made in such act to the commission shall be liberally construed to effectuate the public policy enunciated in section 48-802. All incidental powers necessary to carry into effect the Industrial Relations Act are hereby granted to and conferred upon the commission.Source   Laws 1947, c. 178, § 23, p. 594;   Laws 1986, LB 809, § 9.  Annotations Supervisory or managerial personnel may not enter into a bargaining unit with rank and file employees and may not retain the same bargaining agent. Nebraska Assn. of Pub. Emp. v. Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, 197 Neb. 178, 247 N.W.2d 449 (1976).
NE Code § 48-837 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-837 - Public employees; employee organization; bargaining.

48-837.  Public employees; employee organization; bargaining.Public employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in or to refrain from forming, joining, or participating in any employee organization of their own choosing. Public employees shall have the right to be represented by employee organizations to negotiate collectively with their public employers in the determination of their terms and conditions of employment and the administration of grievances arising thereunder.Source   Laws 1969, c. 407, § 7, p. 1410;   Laws 1986, LB 258, § 7;   Laws 1986, LB 1250, § 4;   Laws 1987, LB 661, § 29.  Annotations  Under the provisions of Nebraska law, employees have not only a right to organize and be represented by a union but likewise have a right not to be organized and represented. Sheldon Station Employees Assn. v. Nebraska P.P.D., 202 Neb. 391, 275 N.W.2d 816 (1979). A basic consideration in bargaining unit determination is whether a community of interest exists among the employees sufficient to warrant their inclusion in a single unit. American Assn. of University Professors v. Board of Regents, 198 Neb. 243, 253 N.W.2d 1 (1977). It is unlawful for the employer of a public employee to exert pressure upon him to refrain from joining a recognized bargaining unit. Local Union No. 647 v. City of Grand Island, 196 Neb. 693, 244 N.W.2d 515 (1976). A uniquely personal termination of employment does not violate any rights under this section. Nebraska Dept. of Roads Employees Assn. v. Department of Roads, 189 Neb. 754, 205 N.W.2d 110 (1973). School teachers are public employees within terms of this act. Sidney Education Assn. v. School Dist. of Sidney, 189 Neb. 540, 203 N.W.2d 762 (1973). A labor organization may invoke the jurisdiction of the Court of Industrial Relations in behalf of its affected members. Mid-Plains Education Assn. v. Mid-Plains Nebraska Tech. College, 189 Neb. 37, 199 N.W.2d 747 (1972).
NE Code § 48-839 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-839 - Changes made by Laws 2011, LB397; applicability.

48-839.  Changes made by Laws 2011, LB397; applicability.Changes made to the Industrial Relations Act by Laws 2011, LB397, shall apply to petitions filed with the commission on or after October 1, 2011, except for petitions filed involving school districts, educational service units, and community colleges with their certificated and instructional employees for which such changes shall apply on or after July 1, 2012.Source Laws 2011, LB397, § 16.
NE Code § 48-842 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-842 - State employees; jurisdiction of commission; restricted.

48-842.  State employees; jurisdiction of commission; restricted.The jurisdiction of the Commission of Industrial Relations to establish salary or base salary levels or other terms of compensation for state employees shall not be invoked before the end of the 1987 regular session of the Legislature and if so invoked shall only be effective beginning with fiscal year 1987-88 and each fiscal year thereafter. The Legislature may, during the 1987 regular session, prohibit by law any order of the Commission of Industrial Relations relating to state employees for fiscal year 1987-88 if it finds such order will be inconsistent with any legislation passed during the 1987 regular session dealing with collective bargaining by state employees. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the State Employees Collective Bargaining Act is inconsistent with an order relating to state employees for fiscal year 1987-88 and therefor such orders shall be prohibited.Source   Laws 1986, LB 1250, § 3;   Laws 1987, LB 661, § 31.  Cross References  State Employees Collective Bargaining Act, see section 81-1369.
NE Code § 48-901 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-901 - Public policy.

48-901.  Public policy.The public policy of the state as to employment relations in the furtherance of which sections 48-901 to 48-912 are passed is declared to be as follows:(1) It recognizes that there are three major interests involved, namely: That of the public, the employee, and the employer. These three interests are to a considerable extent interrelated. It is the policy of the state to protect and promote each of these interests with due regard to the situation and to the rights of the others.(2) Industrial peace, regular and adequate income for the employee, and uninterrupted production of goods and services are promotive of all of these interests. They are largely dependent upon the maintenance of fair, friendly and mutually satisfactory employment relations and the availability of suitable machinery for the peaceful adjustment of whatever controversies may arise. It is recognized that certain employers, including farmers and farmer cooperatives, in addition to their general employer problems, face special problems arising from perishable commodities and seasonal production which require adequate consideration. It is also recognized that whatever may be the rights of disputants with respect to each other in any controversy regarding employment relations, they should not be permitted, in the conduct of their controversy, to intrude directly into the primary rights of third parties to earn a livelihood, transact business and engage in the ordinary affairs of life by any lawful means and free from molestation, interference, restraint or coercion.(3) Negotiation of terms and conditions of work should result from voluntary agreement between employer and employee. For the purpose of such negotiation an employee has the right, if he desires, to associate with others in organizing and bargaining collectively through representatives of his own choosing, without intimidation or coercion from any source.(4) It is the policy of the state, in order to preserve and promote the interests of the public, the employee, and the employer alike, to establish standards of fair conduct in employment relations and to provide a convenient and expeditious method through the courts by which these interests may have their respective rights and obligations adjudicated. While limiting individual and group rights of aggression and defense, the state substitutes processes of justice for the more primitive methods of trial by combat.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 1, p. 806.
NE Code § 48-902 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-902 - Terms, defined.

48-902.  Terms, defined.As used in sections 48-901 to 48-912, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Labor organization shall mean any organization, association, or group of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work;(2) Labor dispute shall mean any controversy between an employer and the majority of his or her employees concerning the right or process or details of collective bargaining or the designation of an employee representative. Any organization with which either the employer or such majority is affiliated may be considered a party to the labor dispute;(3) Employer shall mean a person who engages the services of an employee, and includes any person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her authority, express or implied, but shall not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, or any labor organization or anyone acting in behalf of such organization other than when it is acting as an employer in fact;(4) Person shall include one or more individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, or receivers; and(5) Secondary boycott shall mean combining or conspiring to cause or threaten to cause injury to one with whom no labor dispute exists, whether by (a) withholding patronage, labor, or other beneficial business intercourse, or by intentionally and unreasonably hindering or delaying the same, (b) picketing, (c) refusing to handle, install, use, or work on particular materials, equipment, or supplies, (d) hindering or preventing, by threats, intimidation, force, coercion or sabotage, the obtaining, use, or disposition of materials, equipment, or services, or (e) by any other unlawful means, in order to bring him or her against his or her will into a concerted plan to coerce or inflict damage upon another.Source   Laws 1959, c. 231, § 2, p. 808;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 295.
NE Code § 48-903 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-903 - Secondary boycott; unlawful.

48-903.  Secondary boycott; unlawful.It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in a secondary boycott as herein defined, notwithstanding the provisions of any contract to the contrary; Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent sympathetic strikes in support of those in similar occupations working for other employers in the same craft.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 3, p. 809.
NE Code § 48-904 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-904 - Employees' right of self-organization.

48-904.  Employees' right of self-organization.Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; and such employees shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 4, p. 809.
NE Code § 48-905 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-905 - Secondary boycott; injury to business, property, or person; damages.

48-905.  Secondary boycott; injury to business, property, or person; damages.Any person injured in his business, property or person by reason of any unlawful act as defined in section 48-903, may sue therefor in the district courts of this state, and shall recover the damages sustained by him, trebled, his reasonable attorneys' fees and the cost of the litigation.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 5, p. 809.
NE Code § 48-906 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-906 - Secondary boycott; temporary injunction; grounds.

48-906.  Secondary boycott; temporary injunction; grounds.Any person injured or threatened with injury in his business, property or person by reason of any commission or threat of an unlawful act as provided in section 48-903 may, if the remedy provided by section 48-905 be inadequate, obtain injunctive relief, including temporary relief pending trial upon showing of an emergency, in the district courts of this state in accordance with the statutes, rules and practices applicable in other civil cases.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 6, p. 809.
NE Code § 48-907 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-907 - Remedies; cumulative.

48-907.  Remedies; cumulative.The remedies herein provided are cumulative and shall be in addition to any other remedies, civil or criminal, now or hereafter provided by law.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 7, p. 809.
NE Code § 48-908 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-908 - Remedies; venue; process.

48-908.  Remedies; venue; process.An action under sections 48-901 to 48-912 may be brought in the district court of the county where the cause of action or some part thereof arose, or in the county where the defendant labor organization, or some one of the defendant labor organizations, maintains an office, or in which its agents are engaged in acting for or representing employees or in the county where the plaintiff resides and summons may be served upon the defendant labor organization or some one of the defendant labor organizations.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 8, p. 809. Cross References  For other provisions for actions against labor organizations, see sections 25-313 and 25-530.08.
NE Code § 48-909 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-909 - Labor organization; suits against; designation.

48-909.  Labor organization; suits against; designation.In any action brought under sections 48-901 to 48-912, any labor organization may be sued in its own name and without identification of any of the persons who are its members.Source   Laws 1959, c. 231, § 9, p. 810;   Laws 1983, LB 447, § 73.  Cross References  For other provisions for actions against labor organizations, see sections 25-313 and 25-530.08.
NE Code § 48-910 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-910 - Sections; violations; penalty.

48-910.  Sections; violations; penalty.Any individual, association, or corporation that shall violate any of the provisions of sections 48-901 to 48-912 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1959, c. 231, § 10, p. 810;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 299.
NE Code § 48-911 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-911 - Right to strike; right to work; freedom of speech.

48-911.  Right to strike; right to work; freedom of speech.Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing contained in sections 48-901 to 48-912 shall be construed so as to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike or the right of individuals to work; nor shall anything in sections 48-901 to 48-912 be so construed as to invade unlawfully the right to freedom of speech.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 11, p. 810.
NE Code § 48-912 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-912 - Sections; construction.

48-912.  Sections; construction.It is the intention of the Legislature that sections 48-901 to 48-912 shall operate according to their terms to the full extent permitted by the Constitutions of the State of Nebraska and of the United States of America. In the event any section or part of sections 48-901 to 48-912, or the application thereof to any person or situation shall be held unconstitutional, sections 48-901 to 48-912 shall nevertheless continue in full effect with respect to all parts and applications thereof not so held to be unconstitutional.Source  Laws 1959, c. 231, § 12, p. 810.
NE Code § 48-1002 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-1002 - Terms, defined.

48-1002.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act:(1) Person includes one or more individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, labor organizations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives, or any organized group of persons;(2) Employer means any person having in his or her employ twenty or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year and includes the State of Nebraska, governmental agencies, and political subdivisions, regardless of the number of employees, any person acting for or in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly, and any party whose business is financed in whole or in part under the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act, but such term does not include (a) the United States, (b) a corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States, or (c) an Indian tribe;(3) Labor organization means any organization of employees which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms, or conditions of employment, or for other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment;(4) Employee means an individual employed by any employer; and(5) Employment agency means any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and includes an agent of such a person, but does not include an agency of the United States, except that such term does include the United States Employment Service and the system of state and local employment services receiving federal assistance.Source   Laws 1963, c. 281, § 2, p. 839;   Laws 1972, LB 1357, § 2;   Laws 1973, LB 265, § 1;   Laws 1977, LB 162, § 20;   Laws 1983, LB 424, § 1;   Laws 1983, LB 626, § 73;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 296;  Laws 2007, LB265, § 14. Cross References  Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act, see section 58-201.Annotations  For the purpose of defining an employer under Nebraska's age discrimination act, two distinct entities may be considered a single employer if the two businesses have (1) interrelated operations, (2) centralized control of labor relations, (3) common management, and (4) common ownership or financial control. Billingsley v. BFM Liquor Mgmt., 264 Neb. 56, 645 N.W.2d 791 (2002). Persons seeking relief under alleged violation of rights set out in section 48-1001 must be persons within the definitions set out in this section. Steier v. Crosier Fathers of Hastings, 242 Neb. 16, 492 N.W.2d 870 (1992).