Change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins and provide for cost-of-living adjustments under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act

Summary

The bill changes the rule for when temporary disability compensation begins, moving the start date to the fourth day of disability and back‑dating it if the injury lasts two weeks or more. It also creates automatic annual cost‑of‑living increases for weekly benefits that continue beyond a year, using either a 1% minimum or the CPI change, but never exceeding the statutory maximum. The measure would apply to both injured workers and surviving dependents, but it was indefinitely postponed.

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