Nebraska Statutes 48-1202. Terms, defined
For purposes of the Wage and Hour Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 48-1202
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Employ shall include to permit to work;
(2) Employer shall include any individual, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or organized group of persons employing four or more employees at any one time except for seasonal employment of not more than twenty weeks in any calendar year, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but shall not include the United States, the state, or any political subdivision thereof;
(3) Employee shall include any individual employed by any employer but shall not include:
(a) Any individual employed in agriculture;
(b) Any individual employed as a baby-sitter in or about a private home;
(c) Any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity or as a superintendent or supervisor;
(d) Any individual employed by the United States or by the state or any political subdivision thereof;
(e) Any individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization when the employer-employee relationship does not in fact exist or when the services rendered to such organization are on a voluntary basis;
(f) Apprentices and learners otherwise provided by law;
(g) Veterans in training under supervision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
(h) A child in the employment of his or her parent or a parent in the employment of his or her child; or
(i) Any person who, directly or indirectly, is receiving any form of federal, state, county, or local aid or welfare and who is physically or mentally disabled and employed in a program of rehabilitation, who shall receive a wage at a level consistent with his or her health, efficiency, and general well-being;
(4) Occupational classification shall mean a classification established by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles prepared by the United States Department of Labor; and
(5) Wages shall mean all remuneration for personal services, including commissions and bonuses and the cash value of all remunerations in any medium other than cash.
Source
- Laws 1967, c. 285, § 2, p. 773;
- Laws 1969, c. 408, § 1, p. 1411;
- Laws 1973, LB 343, § 1;
- Laws 1991, LB 2, § 8;
- Laws 1991, LB 297, § 1;
- Laws 1993, LB 121, § 298.