Nebraska Rules on Employing Minors

In Nebraska, no child under 16 years of age may be employed in any employment unless the employer procures and keeps on file, accessible to the attendance officers and to the Department of Labor and its assistants and employees, an employment certificate.

An exception exists for the employment of a minor solely as a caddie on a golf course or place where golf is played.

Employment certificates are only issued by the superintendent for the school district in which the minor resides or by one authorized by the superintendent (or school district officers if there is no superintendent) to approve employment certificates.

Effective June 2, 2005, employment of a minor under the age of 16 as a door-to-door solicitor is prohibited. A minor under the age of 16 is permitted to deliver or distribute newspapers or shopping news to existing customers of such newspapers or shopping news. A minor who is working on behalf of his or her own individual entrepreneurial endeavor is also allowed to work as a door-to-door solicitor.