Key to remember:
Like Missouri, Nebraska's November ballot will allow voters to decide whether the state should enact a statute known as the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
The law would give eligible employees the right to earn paid sick time for personal or family health needs as follows:
Employees would begin to accrue paid leave upon hire or October 1, 2025, whichever is later. They could use it as soon as it's accrued.
Instead of allowing employees to accrue the leave, employers could frontload it. Employees would carry over accrued leave to the following year or employers could pay it out at the end of the year.
If the law passes, employees would be entitled to take the leave for the following reasons:
Regardless of age, family members include:
Employers could require employees to provide notice and reasonable documentation if the leave is for more than three consecutive workdays.
Employees could take leave by the hour or the smallest increment of the employer's payroll system.
Employers could not retaliate against employees for exercising their rights.
Employers that already provide leave that meets the requirements would not need to provide more leave.
Key to remember:
Yet another state might be joining the paid leave bandwagon through the use of the November ballot; this time it’s Nebraska.
This article was written by Darlene M. Clabault, SHRM-CP, PHR, CLMS, of J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. The content of these news items, in whole or in part, MAY NOT be copied into any other uses without consulting the originator of the content.
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