The commission may adopt all reasonable and proper regulations to govern its proceedings, the filing of pleadings, the issuance and service of process, and the issuance of subpoenas for attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths, and may regulate the mode and manner of all its investigations, inspections, hearings, and trials. Except as otherwise provided in the Industrial Relations Act or the State Employees Collective Bargaining Act, in the taking of evidence, the rules of evidence, prevailing in the trial of civil cases in Nebraska, shall be observed by the commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-809
Commission; powers
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case International Union of Operating Engineers Local 571 v. City of Plattsmouth (2003)
Most recently applied in Neb. Protective Servs. Unit, Inc. v. State (April 2018)
Laws 1947, c. 178, § 9, p. 590; Laws 2011, LB397, § 5.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.