{"id":"DUT-NE-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska Legislature","authority":"Statute; Laws 1993, LB 757, § 32 (workers\u0027 compensation reform)","instrument":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-443 (text in force 2020-2021)","title":"Safety committee; when required; membership; employee rights and remedies","dateIssued":"2020-10-21","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing through the period (narrowed to public employers by Laws 2026, LB397, effective July 18, 2026)","startDate":"2020-10-21","endDate":"2026-07-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every public and private employer subject to the Nebraska Workers\u0027 Compensation Act, including clients of professional employer organizations)"],"clause":"(1)(a) Not later than January 1, 1994, every public and private employer subject to the Nebraska Workers\u0027 Compensation Act shall establish a safety committee. Such committee shall adopt and maintain an effective written injury prevention program. (b) A client of a professional employer organization is not relieved of its obligation to establish a safety committee","enforcement":"No criminal penalty in the section; reinstatement and lost wages for retaliation (subsection (4))","functions":[],"notes":"Every private and public employer subject to the Workers\u0027 Compensation Act had to maintain a safety committee with an \u0027effective written injury prevention program\u0027; employees were protected against discharge for complaints to the committee \u0027or any governmental agency having regulatory responsibility for occupational safety and health\u0027 (subsection (4)).","sourceUrl":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-443","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201021021326/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-443","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":220624,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NE","url":"/library/DUT-NE-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NE-016","citation":"Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-443 (text in force 2020-2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-016)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["DUT-NE-026"]}