LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Division emerged on the floor of the Unicameral on a proposal that would make it easier for firefighters who develop cancer to claim workers’ compensation. Fremont Senator Dave ...

LINCOLN -- Nebraska has joined a growing number of states in which courts have decided illegal immigrants hurt on the job are eligible for workers' compensation benefits. The Nebraska Court of Appeals ...

Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed Brynne Holsten Puhl of Lincoln to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court following the retirement of Judge James Coe. Judges appointed to the court have statewide ...

January 07, 2025 - 2024 was a busy year for officials in state regulatory agencies and legislatures as they addressed workers' compensation rates and laws in an effort to reduce costs for employers, ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

A recently published National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, titled “Unresolved Conflict in Workers’ Compensation: The Impact of Legal Representation on Workers’ Compensation Benefits,” ...

"If it was the intent of the Nebraska Legislature to exclude illegal aliens from the definition of covered employees or workers, it could have easily included a modifier in the statute, but the ...