48-1,100. Attorney General; represent state; duties; powers. The Attorney General shall represent the state in any suit brought under sections 48-192 to 48-1,109, and is authorized to compromise or settle any such suit, with the approval of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. Source Laws 1971, LB 390, § 9; Laws 1975, LB 187, § 17; […]
48-1,101. Attorney General; delegation of powers and duties. The Attorney General may authorize the deputy attorney general in charge of the Claims Division of the Department of Justice to perform any of the duties imposed upon the Attorney General by sections 48-192 to 48-1,109, and may employ other persons, firms, or corporations to investigate claims […]
48-1,102. Award or judgment; payment; procedure. Any final, nonappealable award or judgment in favor of a claimant under sections 48-192 to 48-1,109 shall be certified by the Attorney General to the Risk Manager and to the Director of Administrative Services. The Director of Administrative Services shall promptly issue his or her warrant for payment of […]
48-1,103. Workers’ Compensation Claims Revolving Fund; established; deficiency; notify Legislature; investment. There is hereby established in the state treasury a Workers’ Compensation Claims Revolving Fund, to be administered by the Risk Manager, from which all workers’ compensation costs, including prevention and administration, shall be paid. The fund may also be used to pay the costs […]
48-1,104. Risk Manager; report; contents. The Risk Manager shall submit electronically a report to the Clerk of the Legislature by January 15 of each year, which report shall include the number of claims for which payments have been made, the amounts paid by categories of medical, hospital, compensation, and other costs separated by the agency […]
48-1,105. Immunity of state reserved; exception. From and after August 27, 1971, the authority of any state agency to sue or be sued in its own name shall not be construed to authorize suits against such state agency on workers’ compensation claims except as authorized in sections 48-192 to 48-1,109. The remedies provided by sections […]
48-1,106. Sections, how construed. Nothing in sections 48-192 to 48-1,109 shall be deemed to repeal any provision of law authorizing any state agency to consider, ascertain, adjust, compromise, settle, determine, allow, or pay any claim other than a workers’ compensation claim as defined in sections 48-192 to 48-1,109. Source Laws 1971, LB 390, § 15; […]
48-1,107. Insurance; Risk Manager; purchase; when. The Risk Manager may, if after proper investigation he or she deems it to be in the best interests of the state, purchase a policy or policies of insurance for investigation, servicing, and payment, or any one or two of such factors, of workers’ compensation to protect the agencies […]
48-1,108. Insurance policy; applicability; company; Attorney General; Risk Manager; cooperate. Whenever a claim or suit against the state is covered by workers’ compensation insurance, the provisions of the insurance policy on defense and settlement shall be applicable notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of sections 48-192 to 48-1,109. The Attorney General and the Risk Manager shall cooperate […]
48-1,109. Employees; information; furnish; refusal; effect. When any employee is injured in any accident or suffers any occupational disease arising out of or in the course of his or her employment, such employee as soon as practicable shall report full information on such occurrence to the head of the agency by which he or she […]
48-1,110. Act, how cited. Sections 48-101 to 48-1,117 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act. Source Laws 1986, LB 811, § 136; Laws 1986, LB 1036, § 2; Laws 1990, LB 313, § 4; Laws 1992, LB 360, § 26; Laws 1993, LB 757, § 30; Laws 1997, LB […]
48-1,112. Laws 2011, LB151, changes; applicability. Cases pending before the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court on August 27, 2011, in which a hearing on the merits has been held prior to such date shall not be affected by the changes made in sections 48-125, 48-145.01, 48-155, 48-156, 48-170, 48-178, 48-180, 48-182, and 48-185 by Laws 2011, […]
48-1,113. Insurance company and risk management pool; annual payment; amount; Director of Insurance; powers and duties. Every insurance company which is transacting workers’ compensation insurance business in this state shall on or before March 1 of each year pay to the Director of Insurance an amount equal to one percent of the gross amount of […]
48-1,114. Self-insurer; annual payment; amount. Every employer in the occupations described in section 48-106 who qualifies as a self-insurer and is issued a permit to self-insure shall remit to the State Treasurer for credit to the Compensation Court Cash Fund an annual amount equal to one and one-quarter percent of the prospective loss costs for […]
48-1,115. Other payments; cumulative. The amounts required to be paid by insurance companies, risk management pools, and self-insurers under sections 48-1,113 and 48-1,114 shall be in addition to any other amounts, either in taxes, assessments, or otherwise, required by any other law of this state. Source Laws 1993, LB 757, § 21.
48-1,116. Compensation Court Cash Fund; created; use; investment. The Compensation Court Cash Fund is hereby created. The fund shall be used to aid in providing for the expense of administering the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act and the payment of the salaries and expenses of the personnel of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. All fees received […]
48-1,117. Compensation Court Cash Fund; accounting; abatement of contributions. The Department of Administrative Services shall furnish monthly to the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court a statement of the Compensation Court Cash Fund setting forth the balance in the fund as of the first day of the preceding month, the income and its sources, the payments from […]
48-1,118. Cost-benefit analysis and review of Laws 1993, LB 757; reports. On January 1, 1997, the Governor shall direct the Director of Insurance and the Commissioner of Labor to conduct and complete a cost-benefit analysis and a review of the effectiveness of the changes made by Laws 1993, LB 757, to control or reduce the […]
48-1001. Act, how cited; discrimination in employment because of age; policy; declaration of purpose. (1) Sections 48-1001 to 48-1010 shall be known and may be cited as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. (2)(a) The Legislature hereby finds that the practice of discriminating in employment against properly qualified persons because of their age is contrary […]
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 […]
