Nebraska unemployment rate

Business recruitment and job-creator coordination provide workforce policy context; employment gains and unemployment effects are unverified.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: real-gdp · reviewed policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Order 26-22 creates the Governor’s Economic Growth Working Group as an advisory alignment body chaired by Economic Development’s director. It includes designated public, chamber and regional partners, with additional participants invited by the governor or chair and meetings called by the chair.

Employment and workforce development are incentive-review criteria, rather than verified jobs created, hiring or unemployment changes.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: energy · reviewed policy context · income-taxes · reviewed policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed policy context · real-gdp · reviewed policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Order 26-17 directs Economic Development and Revenue to administer the ImagiNE Nebraska and Nebraska Advantage incentive programs consistently with their legislative policies and determination authorities. Review criteria include business investment, economic growth, employment, workforce development, transparency, accountability and environmental quality.

Gross rent includes contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities and fuel. Rental utility-payment duties and notice-to-vacate rules concern tenancy and housing costs without establishing a change in the statewide median. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Median gross rent. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

2.GAO study on workforce housing (a)In generalNot later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit to the Congress a report that— (1)identifies obstacles middle-income households face when looking to secure affordable housing; (2)identifies geographic areas where housing is the most unaffordable and unavailable for middle-income households; (3)includes a list of Federal housing programs, including Federal tax credits, grants, and loan programs, that are not available to middle-income households due to their income status, including Federal housing programs designed to promote affordability; (4)recommends income and other parameters to establish a clear and consistent Federal definition for the term workforce housing for use when describing the segment of housing that could be made available to such middle-income households in Federal housing programs if funding commensurate with the additional eligibility were to be made available; and (5)analyzes how to modify or newly develop new Federal housing programs and incentives to include workforce housing if funding commensurate with the additional eligibility were to be made available. (b) Middle-Income household defined In this section, the term middle-income household means a household with an income above 80 percent but that does not exceed 120 percent of the median family income of the area, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larger families.

Census household money income is measured before taxes and includes wages and specified cash benefits. Minimum-wage provisions concern earnings; tax credits and in-kind benefits are not themselves increases in this statistic. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Section 1. Section 48-1203, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, is amended to read: 48-1203 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 48-1203.01, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees a minimum wage of: (a) Nine dollars per hour through December 31, 2022; (b) Ten dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023; (c) Twelve dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024; (d) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and (e) Fifteen dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. (2) The minimum wage established in subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be increased on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of successive years, by one and three-quarters percent . No later than October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2026, the Nebraska Department of Labor shall calculate and publish the minimum wage rate that will take effect the following January 1. (3) For persons compensated by way of gratuities such as waitresses, waiters, hotel bellhops, porters, and shoeshine persons, the employer shall pay wages at the minimum rate of two dollars and thirteen cents per hour, plus all gratuities given to them for services rendered. The sum of wages and gratuities received by each person compensated by way of gratuities shall equal or exceed the applicable minimum wage rate provided in subsection (1) or (2) of this section. In determining whether or not the individual is compensated by way of gratuities, the burden of proof shall be upon the employer. (4) Any employer employing student-learners as part of a bona fide vocational training program shall pay such student-learners' wages at a rate of at least seventy-five percent of the minimum wage rate which would otherwise be applicable under this section. (5)(a) An employer may pay a youth minimum wage of thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour to an employee who: (i) Is at least fourteen years of age but younger than sixteen years of age; and (ii) Is not an emancipated minor. (b) Beginning on January 1, 2030, and on January 1 of every fifth year thereafter, the youth minimum wage shall increase by one and one-half percent, rounded to the nearest cent. Sec. 2. Section 48-1203.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read: 48-1203.01 (1) An employer may pay a new employee who is at least sixteen years of age but younger than twenty years of age and who is not a seasonal or migrant worker or an emancipated minor a training wage rate as described in subsection (2) of this section for ninety days from the date the new employee was hired. An employer may pay such new employee the training wage rate for an additional ninety-day period while the new employee is participating in on-the-job training which (a) requires technical, personal, or other skills which are necessary for his or her employment and (b) is approved by the Commissioner of Labor. No more than one-fourth of the total hours paid by the employer shall be at the training wage rate. (2) For the purposes of this section, the training wage rate shall be: (a) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour through December 31, 2026; and (b) Beginning on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of each year thereafter, the training wage rate shall increase by one and one-half percent, rounded to the nearest cent. (3) An employer shall not pay the training wage rate if the hours of any other employee are reduced or if any other employee is laid off and the hours or position to be filled by the new employee is substantially similar to the hours or position of such other employee. An employer shall not dismiss or reduce the hours of any employee with the intention of replacing such employee or his or her hours with a new employee receiving the training wage rate.

Census household money income is measured before taxes and includes wages and specified cash benefits. Minimum-wage provisions concern earnings; tax credits and in-kind benefits are not themselves increases in this statistic. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Nebraska evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Section 1. Section 48-1203, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, is amended to read: 48-1203 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 48-1203.01, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees a minimum wage of: (a) Nine dollars per hour through December 31, 2022; (b) Ten dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023; (c) Twelve dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024; (d) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and (e) Fifteen dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. (2) The minimum wage established in subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be increased on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of successive years, by one and three-quarters percent . No later than October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2026, the Nebraska Department of Labor shall calculate and publish the minimum wage rate that will take effect the following January 1. (3) For persons compensated by way of gratuities such as waitresses, waiters, hotel bellhops, porters, and shoeshine persons, the employer shall pay wages at the minimum rate of two dollars and thirteen cents per hour, plus all gratuities given to them for services rendered. The sum of wages and gratuities received by each person compensated by way of gratuities shall equal or exceed the applicable minimum wage rate provided in subsection (1) or (2) of this section. In determining whether or not the individual is compensated by way of gratuities, the burden of proof shall be upon the employer. (4) Any employer employing student-learners as part of a bona fide vocational training program shall pay such student-learners' wages at a rate of at least seventy-five percent of the minimum wage rate which would otherwise be applicable under this section. (5)(a) An employer may pay a youth minimum wage of thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour to an employee who: (i) Is at least fourteen years of age but younger than sixteen years of age; and (ii) Is not an emancipated minor. (b) Beginning on January 1, 2030, and on January 1 of every fifth year thereafter, the youth minimum wage shall increase by one and one-half percent, rounded to the nearest cent. Sec. 2. Section 48-1203.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read: 48-1203.01 (1) An employer may pay a new employee who is at least sixteen years of age but younger than twenty years of age and who is not a seasonal or migrant worker or an emancipated minor a training wage rate as described in subsection (2) of this section for ninety days from the date the new employee was hired. An employer may pay such new employee the training wage rate for an additional ninety-day period while the new employee is participating in on-the-job training which (a) requires technical, personal, or other skills which are necessary for his or her employment and (b) is approved by the Commissioner of Labor. No more than one-fourth of the total hours paid by the employer shall be at the training wage rate. (2) For the purposes of this section, the training wage rate shall be: (a) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour through December 31, 2026; and (b) Beginning on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of each year thereafter, the training wage rate shall increase by one and one-half percent, rounded to the nearest cent. (3) An employer shall not pay the training wage rate if the hours of any other employee are reduced or if any other employee is laid off and the hours or position to be filled by the new employee is substantially similar to the hours or position of such other employee. An employer shall not dismiss or reduce the hours of any employee with the intention of replacing such employee or his or her hours with a new employee receiving the training wage rate.