General Recordkeeping Requirements For Employees – NE

NEBRASKA

Name and Address 

  Yes  

Occupation 

  Yes  

Pay Rate 

  Yes 

Wage per week or pay period 

  Yes 

Hours per day or week 

  Yes 

Deductions per Pay Period 

  Yes 

Conditions of Employment 

  Yes 

Length of time records must be preserved 

 Statute does not specify, but state regulation requires for at least 4 years.  

RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS FOR MINORS 

State Laws may not specifically require employers to keep data specifically on minors, although general recordkeeping requirements on the federal level may call for maintenance of that data. 

Address 

  No 

Hours per day or week 

  Yes 

Time Starting, Ending Work/Meals 

  Yes  

Wages 

  No 

Other Requirements 

Employer must keep separate lists of all employees age 14 and 15.   

Work Permit or Age Certificate Required 

Yes, for minors 15 or under.  

Citations to Authority – Click link to view statutes: 

NE Rev. Stat. Ann. § 48-1225   

Employer records 

NE Adm. Code Tit. 221, ch. 1 

Recordkeeping requirements – DOL 

NE Rev. Stat. Ann. § 48-302 

Under age 16; employment certificate 

NE Rev. Stat. Ann. § 48-304 

Employment certificate; issuance 

NE Rev. Stat. Ann. § 48-310                  

Under age 16; posting of working hours