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HR and workplace safety: Nebraska

This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Nebraska workplace safety and health requirements, including state plan status, safety programs, reporting obligations, and compliance considerations.

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by Marcia Washkuhn, Kutak Rock LLP

Summary

This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Nebraska requirements regarding workplace safety and health, including those related to the absence of a state plan, safety committees, and the use of electronic devices while driving. This guide also provides information on the state’s occupational safety and health consultation services.

In this guide, learn about:

  • State plan status
    • Compliance programs
  • Jurisdiction-specific standards
  • Injuries and illnesses
  • Posting requirements
  • Driving laws
  • Enforcement
  • Future developments
    • Repeal of safety committee requirement and the workplace safety consultation program

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Jurisdiction: Nebraska

Latest updates

Updated to reflect the forthcoming repeal of safety committee requirements for private employers and the Workplace Safety Consultation Program.

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Kutak Rock LLP

Kutak Rock is a national law firm with offices across the United States. They provide services to local, regional and national clients ranging from state and local government, corporations, banks, real estate investors and developers and franchises.

Kutak Rock’s National Employment Law Group assists small and large companies with day-to-day employment law counseling and representation, employment litigation, wage and hour issues and employment arbitration. The firm’s employment law group frequently represents and advises management on all aspects of federal, state and local employment law. They also support their clients by advising them on basic workplace tools such as employment policies and handbooks, employment contracts, employee benefit plans and severance packages and by conducting wage and hour audits.

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