The following shall constitute employers subject to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act: (1) The state and every governmental agency created by it; and (2) every person, firm, or corporation, including any public service corporation, who is engaged in any trade, occupation, business, or profession as described in section 48-106 , and who has any person in service under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-114
Employer, defined
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Kaiser v. Millard Lumber, Inc. (1999)
Most recently applied in Hassan v. Trident Seafoods (January 2019)
Laws 1913, c. 198, § 14, p. 583; R.S.1913, § 3655; C.S.1922, § 3037; C.S.1929, § 48-114; R.S.1943, § 48-114; Laws 1971, LB 572, § 7; Laws 1986, LB 811, § 32.
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