Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year,
Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months,
Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and
Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs:
(1) The calendar year;
(2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date;
(3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or,
(4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid). Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid).
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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
Paid
yes
Condition
Small businesses (between 11 and 19 employees). All employees shall begin accruing paid sick time after eighty hours of consecutive employment. Unless the employer selects a higher limit, no entitlement to earn or use more than forty hours of paid sick time in a year for an employee of a small business. Accrued paid sick time shall be carried over to the following year; there is no maximum carryover, but a small business is not required to permit an employee to use more than forty hours of paid sick time per year. An employer designates when the year starts and ends.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
40
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
hours
Employer size min
11
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
30
Name
Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
Paid
yes
Condition
Employers with 20 or more employees (not a small business). All employees shall begin accruing paid sick time after eighty hours of consecutive employment. Unless the employer selects a higher limit, no entitlement to earn or use more than fifty-six hours of paid sick time in a year for an employee of an employer that is not a small business. Accrued paid sick time shall be carried over to the following year; there is no maximum carryover, but such employers are not required to permit an employee to use more than fifty-six hours of paid sick time per year. An employer designates when the year starts and ends.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
56
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
3in effect
new
paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Nebraska
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
1superseded
new
paid_leave in us-ne: version 1, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid).
2in effect
correction
paid_leave in us-ne: version 2, effective 2025-10-01, published (correction); replaces version 1. Replaces version 1 (published effective 2026-10-24, the fetch date; its source stated no date)
Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid). Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid).
No. The Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act applies to employers with 11 or more employees. … Small businesses are businesses that have between 11 and 19 employees. Small businesses are required to provide accrual of at least 40 hours of paid sick time in a year. … Businesses with 20 or more employees are required to provide accrual of at least 56 hours of paid sick time in a year. … Employers must allow their employees to carry over unused sick time to the following year. An employer designates when the year starts and ends. There is no maximum carryover. … Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act takes effect October 1, 2025.
Supporting source:Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-3803 Accrual and carryover of paid sick time, 48-3803(1) (supports programs[0].accrual_hours_earned, programs[0].accrual_per_hours_worked, programs[0].annual_max, programs[0].annual_max_unit, programs[0].condition, programs[1].accrual_hours_earned, programs[1].accrual_per_hours_worked, programs[1].annual_max, programs[1].annual_max_unit, programs[1].condition, programs[0].name, programs[0].paid, programs[0].leave_type, programs[1].name, programs[1].paid, programs[1].leave_type)
All employees shall begin accruing paid sick time after eighty hours of consecutive employment, at which point employees shall then accrue a minimum of one hour of paid sick time for every thirty hours worked. … (a) Forty hours of paid sick time in a year for an employee of a small business; or … (b) Fifty-six hours of paid sick time in a year for an employee of an employer that is not a small business. … (3) Paid sick time requirements provided under the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act shall begin October 1, 2025. … (5) Accrued paid sick time shall be carried over to the following year. A small business is not required to permit an employee to use more than forty hours of paid sick time per year, and other employers are not required to permit an employee to use more than fifty-six hours of paid sick time per year.