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NE Code § 48-628.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.01 - Benefits; disqualification; receipt of other unemployment benefits.

48-628.01.  Benefits; disqualification; receipt of other unemployment benefits.An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which, or a part of which, he or she has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the United States. If the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United States finally determines that he or she is not entitled to such unemployment benefits, the disqualification provided in this section shall not apply.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 31.
NE Code § 48-628.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.02 - Benefits; disqualification; receipt of other remuneration.

48-628.02.  Benefits; disqualification; receipt of other remuneration.(1) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week in which he or she is receiving or has received remuneration in the form of:(a) Wages in lieu of notice or a dismissal or separation allowance;(b) Vacation leave pay, including that received in a lump sum or upon separation from employment;(c) Compensation for temporary disability under the workers’ compensation law of any state or under a similar law of the United States;(d) Retirement or retired pay, pension, annuity, or other similar periodic payment under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base period or chargeable employer; or(e) A gratuity or a bonus from an employer, paid after termination of employment, on account of prior length of service, or disability not compensated under the workers’ compensation law.(2) Payments described in subsection (1) of this section that are made in a lump sum shall be prorated in an amount which is reasonably attributable to such week. If the prorated remuneration is less than the benefits which would otherwise be due, he or she shall be entitled to receive for such week, if otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of such remuneration. The prorated remuneration shall be considered wages for the quarter to which it is attributed.(3) Military service-connected disability compensation payable under 38 U.S.C. chapter 11 and primary insurance benefits payable under Title II of the Social Security Act, as amended, or similar payments under any act of Congress shall not be deemed to be disqualifying or deductible from the benefit amount.(4) No deduction shall be made for the part of any retirement pension which represents return of payments made by the individual. In the case of a transfer by an individual or his or her employer of an amount from one retirement plan to a second qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code, the amount transferred shall not be deemed to be received by the claimant until actually paid from the second retirement plan to the claimant.(5) No deduction shall be made for any benefit received under a supplemental unemployment benefit plan described in subdivision (35)(g) of section 48-602.(6) No deduction shall be made for any supplemental payments received by a claimant under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 408 of Title IV of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 32.
NE Code § 48-628.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.03 - Benefits; disqualification; student.

48-628.03.  Benefits; disqualification; student.(1) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week of unemployment if such individual is a student unless the major portion of his or her wages for insured work during his or her base period was for services performed while attending school. Attendance at a school, college, or university for training purposes, under a plan approved by the commissioner for such individual, shall not be disqualifying.(2) For purposes of this section, student means an individual who is registered for full-time status at and regularly attends an established school, college, university, training facility, or other educational institution or who is on vacation during or between two successive academic years or terms.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 33.
NE Code § 48-628.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.04 - Benefits; disqualification; alien.

48-628.04.  Benefits; disqualification; alien.(1) An individual shall be disqualified for unemployment benefits for any week if the services upon which such benefits are based are performed by an alien. This section shall apply unless such alien:(a) Is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time such services were performed;(b) Was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services; or(c) Was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed, including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5).(2) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits. In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to such individual are not payable because of his or her alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 34.
NE Code § 48-628.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.05 - Benefits; disqualification; sports or athletic events.

48-628.05.  Benefits; disqualification; sports or athletic events.An individual shall be disqualified for unemployment benefits for any week if substantially all the services upon which such benefits are based consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, if:(1) Such week of unemployment begins during the period between two successive sport seasons or similar periods;(2) Such individual performed such services in the first of such seasons or similar periods; and(3) There is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the later of such seasons or similar periods.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 35.
NE Code § 48-628.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.06 - Benefits; disqualification; educational institution.

48-628.06.  Benefits; disqualification; educational institution.An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week of unemployment if claimed benefits are based on services performed:(1) In an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution, if:(a) Such week commences during the period between two successive academic years or terms, or when an agreement provides instead for a similar period between two regular, but not successive, terms during such period;(b) Such individual performs such services in the first of such academic years or terms; and(c) There is a contract or reasonable assurance that such individual will perform services in any such capacity for any educational institution in the second of such academic years or terms;(2) In any other capacity for an educational institution, if such week commences during a period between two successive academic years or terms, such individual performs such services in the first of such academic years or terms, and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the second of such academic years or terms. If benefits are denied to any individual for any week under this subdivision and such individual was not offered an opportunity to perform such services for the educational institution for the second of such academic years or terms, such individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment of the benefits for each week for which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits and for which benefits were denied solely by reason of this subdivision;(3) In any capacity described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section in an educational institution while in the employ of an educational service agency, and such individual shall be disqualified as specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section. As used in this subdivision, educational service agency means a governmental agency or governmental entity which is established and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing services to one or more educational institutions;(4) In any capacity described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section in an educational institution if such services are provided to or on behalf of the educational institution while in the employ of an organization or entity described in section 3306(c)(7) or 3306(c)(8) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. 3306(c)(7) or (8), and such individual shall be disqualified as specified in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this section; and(5) In any capacity described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section if such week commences during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if such individual performs such services in the period immediately before such vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the period immediately following such vacation period or holiday recess.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 36.
NE Code § 48-628.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.07 - Benefits; training.

48-628.07.  Benefits; training.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Employment Security Law, no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because he or she is in training approved under section 236(a)(1) of the federal Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(1). Such an individual shall not be denied benefits by reason of leaving work to enter such training if the work left is not suitable employment or because of the application to any such week in training of provisions of the Employment Security Law, or any applicable federal unemployment compensation law, relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.(2) For purposes of this section, suitable employment means, with respect to an individual, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual's past adversely affected employment, as defined for purposes of the federal Trade Act of 1974, and wages for such work at not less than eighty percent of the individual's average weekly wage as determined for purposes of such act.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 37.
NE Code § 48-628.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.08 - Benefits; disqualification; leave of absence.

48-628.08.  Benefits; disqualification; leave of absence.An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week during which the individual is on a leave of absence.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 38.
NE Code § 48-628.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.09 - Benefits; disqualification; labor dispute.

48-628.09.  Benefits; disqualification; labor dispute.(1) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the commissioner finds that his or her total unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises where he or she is or was last employed. This section shall not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner that:(a) The individual is not participating in, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work; and(b) He or she does not belong to a grade or class of workers that includes members who, immediately before the commencement of the stoppage, were employed at the premises where the stoppage occurs and who are participating, financing, or directly interested in the dispute.(2) If in any case, separate branches of work, which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in separate premises, are conducted in separate departments of the same premises, each such department shall, for purposes of this section, be deemed to be a separate factory, establishment, or other premises.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 39.
NE Code § 48-628.10 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.10 - Benefits; disqualification; discharge for misconduct.

48-628.10.  Benefits; disqualification; discharge for misconduct.(1) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for the week in which he or she has been discharged for misconduct connected with his or her work, if so found by the commissioner, and for the fourteen weeks immediately thereafter.(2) If the commissioner finds that the individual was discharged for misconduct that was not gross, flagrant, and willful or unlawful but which included being under the influence of any intoxicating beverage or any controlled substance listed in section 28-405 not prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine or surgery while the individual is on the worksite or while the individual is engaged in work for the employer, the commissioner shall cancel all wage credits earned as a result of employment with the discharging employer.(3) If the commissioner finds that the individual’s misconduct was gross, flagrant, and willful, or was unlawful, the commissioner shall totally disqualify such individual from receiving benefits with respect to wage credits earned prior to discharge for such misconduct.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 40.
NE Code § 48-628.11 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.11 - Benefits; disqualification; multiple disqualifications for prohibited acts by employee.

48-628.11.  Benefits; disqualification; multiple disqualifications for prohibited acts by employee.An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week of unemployment benefits or for waiting week credit if he or she has been disqualified from the receipt of benefits pursuant to section 48-663.01 two or more times in the five-year period immediately prior to filing his or her most recent claim. This section shall not apply if the individual has repaid in full all overpayments established in conjunction with the disqualifications assessed under section 48-663.01 during that five-year period.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 41.
NE Code § 48-628.12 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.12 - Benefits; disqualification; leave work voluntarily without good cause.

48-628.12.  Benefits; disqualification; leave work voluntarily without good cause.An individual shall be disqualified for benefits:(1) For any benefit year beginning before October 1, 2018:(a) For the week in which he or she has left work voluntarily without good cause, if so found by the commissioner, and for the thirteen weeks immediately thereafter. For purposes of this subdivision, a temporary employee of a temporary help firm has left work voluntarily without good cause if the temporary employee does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment upon completion of an assignment and the temporary employee has been advised by the temporary help firm of his or her obligation to contact the temporary help firm upon completion of assignments and has been advised by the temporary help firm that the temporary employee may be denied benefits for failure to do so; or(b) For the week in which he or she has left work voluntarily for the sole purpose of accepting previously secured, permanent, full-time, insured work, if so found by the commissioner, and for the two weeks immediately thereafter. For this subdivision to apply, such work shall:(i) Be accepted by the individual;(ii) Offer a reasonable expectation of betterment of wages or working conditions, or both; and(iii) Enable the individual to earn wages payable to him or her; or(2) For any benefit year beginning on or after October 1, 2018, for the week in which he or she has left work voluntarily without good cause, if so found by the commissioner, and for all subsequent weeks until the individual has earned wages in insured work in an amount of at least four times his or her weekly benefit amount and has separated from the most recent subsequent employment under nondisqualifying conditions. For purposes of this subdivision, a temporary employee of a temporary help firm has left work voluntarily without good cause if the temporary employee does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment upon completion of an assignment and the temporary employee has been advised by the temporary help firm of his or her obligation to contact the temporary help firm upon completion of assignments and has been advised by the temporary help firm that the temporary employee may be denied benefits for failure to do so.Source Laws 2017, LB172, § 42.
NE Code § 48-628.16 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-628.16 - Extended benefits; payments not required; when.

48-628.16.  Extended benefits; payments not required; when.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, payment of extended benefits shall not be made to any individual for any week if (a) extended benefits would, but for this section, have been payable for such week pursuant to an interstate claim filed in any state under the interstate benefit payment plan, and (b) an extended benefit period is not in effect for such week in such state.(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply with respect to the first two weeks for which extended benefits are payable, determined without regard to this section, pursuant to an interstate claim filed under the interstate benefit payment plan to the individual from the extended benefit account established for the benefit year.Source   Laws 1981, LB 470, § 6;   R.S.1943, (2010), § 48-628.04;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 46.
NE Code § 48-629 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-629 - Claims; rules and regulations for filing.

48-629.  Claims; rules and regulations for filing.Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such rules and regulations as the commissioner may adopt and promulgate. Each employer shall post and maintain printed statements of such rules and regulations in places readily accessible to individuals in his or her service and shall make available to each such individual, at the time he or she becomes unemployed, a printed statement of such rules and regulations. Such printed statements shall be supplied by the commissioner to each employer without cost to the employer.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 6, p. 378;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 4, p. 384;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-706;   R.S.1943, § 48-629;   Laws 1985, LB 339, § 24;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 48.  Annotations Claims for benefits were filed under this section. A. Borchman Sons v. Carpenter, 166 Neb. 322, 89 N.W.2d 123 (1958).
NE Code § 48-629.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-629.01 - Claims; advisement to claimant; amounts deducted; how treated.

48-629.01.  Claims; advisement to claimant; amounts deducted; how treated.(1) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of the filing of such claim, be advised that:(a) Unemployment compensation is subject to federal and state income tax;(b) Requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments;(c) The individual may elect to have federal income tax withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the amount specified in the Internal Revenue Code;(d) The individual may elect to have state income tax withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the rate of five percent; and(e) The individual shall be permitted to change a previously elected withholding status.(2) Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for federal income tax purposes shall remain in the Unemployment Compensation Fund until transferred to the federal Internal Revenue Service as a payment of income tax. Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for state income tax purposes shall remain in the Unemployment Compensation Fund until transferred to the Department of Revenue as a payment of income tax.(3) The commissioner shall follow all procedures specified by the United States Department of Labor and the federal Internal Revenue Service pertaining to the deducting and withholding of income tax.(4) Amounts shall be deducted and withheld under this section only after amounts are deducted and withheld for any overpayments of unemployment compensation, child support obligations, or any other amounts required to be withheld under the Employment Security Law.Source   Laws 1996, LB 1072, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 49.
NE Code § 48-630 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 48 - Labor|48-630 - Claims; determinations by adjudicator.

48-630.  Claims; determinations by adjudicator.(1) A determination upon a claim filed pursuant to section 48-629 shall be made promptly by a representative designated by the commissioner, hereinafter referred to as an adjudicator.(2) A determination shall include a statement as to whether and in what amount claimant is entitled to benefits for the week with respect to which the determination is made. A determination with respect to the first week of a benefit year shall also include a statement as to whether the claimant has been paid the wages required under section 48-627.01, and, if so, the first day of the benefit year, his or her weekly benefit amount, and the maximum total amount of benefits payable to him or her with respect to such benefit year. Whenever any claim involves the application of the provisions of section 48-628.09, the adjudicator shall promptly transmit his or her full findings of fact, with respect to such section, to the commissioner, who, on the basis of the evidence submitted and such additional evidence as he or she may require, shall affirm, modify, or set aside such findings of fact and transmit to the adjudicator a decision upon the issue involved under such section, which shall be deemed to be the decision of the adjudicator. All claims arising out of the same alleged labor dispute may be considered at the same time.(3) In the event a claim is denied, a determination shall state the reasons therefor. Regardless of the outcome, the parties shall be promptly notified of the determination, together with the reasons therefor, and such determination shall be deemed to be the final decision on the claim, unless an appeal is filed with the department in the manner prescribed in section 48-634.(4) Any benefits for which a claimant has been found eligible shall not be withheld because of an appeal filed under section 48-634, and such benefits shall be paid until a hearing officer has rendered a decision modifying or reversing the determination allowing such benefits if the claimant is otherwise eligible. Any benefits received by any person to which he or she had been found not entitled, under a redetermination or decision pursuant to sections 48-630 to 48-638, shall be treated as erroneous payments in accordance with section 48-665.Source   Laws 1937, c. 108, § 6, p. 379;   Laws 1941, c. 94, § 4, p. 384;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-706;   R.S.1943, § 48-630;   Laws 1969, c. 403, § 1, p. 1399;   Laws 1972, LB 1392, § 6;   Laws 1985, LB 338, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 1, § 11;   Laws 1995, LB 240, § 2;  Laws 2012, LB1058, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB172, § 50.  Annotations Deputy commissioner of labor is agent who is required initially to make determination of case. Beecham v. Falstaff Brewing Corporation, 150 Neb. 792, 36 N.W.2d 233 (1949).