Nebraska employment laws

Nebraska employers must pay a separated employee — fired or quit — on the next regular payday or within two weeks of the termination, whichever comes first, including earned but unused vacation.

Nebraska's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (effective October 1, 2025) requires employers with 11 or more employees to provide paid sick time — one hour per 30 hours worked, capped at 40 hours a year for employers with 11–19 employees and 56 hours at 20 or more.

Nebraska law expressly includes earned but unused vacation in the wages due at separation — regardless of policy language — while other paid leave is payable only if agreed.