Eligible employee shall mean an employee who works on a full-time basis and has a normal workweek of thirty or more hours. The term shall include a sole proprietor, a partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, and an independent contractor, if the sole proprietor, partner, member, or independent contractor is included as an employee under a health benefit plan of a small employer, but shall not include an employee who works on a part-time, temporary, or substitute basis.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-5240

  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Eligible employee: shall mean an employee who works on a full-time basis and has a normal workweek of thirty or more hours. See Nebraska Statutes 44-5240
  • Health benefit plan: shall mean any hospital or medical policy or certificate, major medical expense insurance, or health maintenance organization subscriber contract. See Nebraska Statutes 44-5242
  • 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.
  • Small employer: shall mean any person, political subdivision, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association that is actively engaged in business that, on at least fifty percent of its working days during the preceding calendar quarter, employed at least two and no more than fifty eligible employees, the majority of whom were employed within this state. See Nebraska Statutes 44-5253
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