Employer Genetic Testing Restrictions
Nebraska Employment Genetic Testing Law
Genetic · Employees
This 2001 law bars Nebraska employers, unless federal law requires otherwise, from requiring genetic tests or genetic information as a condition of employment or promotion and from hiring, firing, or classifying workers based on genetic information unrelated to job duties. Employees may voluntarily share health-related genetic information for workplace safety.
- Where
- Nebraska
- Citation
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-236
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- Not stated in the section
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- The section itself states no penalty or remedy.
- Applies to
- Employers with one or more employees, excluding domestic service and employment by a parent, spouse, or child (48-236(1), (4))
Practices it requires
- Do not require an employee or applicant to take a genetic test or provide genetic information as a condition of employment or promotion.Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-236(2)(d)
- Do not refuse to hire, discharge, discriminate, or limit or classify employees or applicants based on genetic information unrelated to their ability to perform the job.Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-236(2)(a)-(c)
Other duties
- Employers may use genetic information an employee volunteers about workplace health or safety to protect that employee.Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-236(3)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: effective_date null: enacted by Laws 2001, LB 432; date not confirmed. | Enforcement route not stated in 48-236; whether it is enforced through the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act or otherwise was not confirmed, so private_right_of_action is recorded as no.
Research reference, not legal advice.