WE DID IT! NEBRASKANS VOTED FOR PAID SICK LEAVE!

Voters across Nebraska passed Initiative 436, a citizen-led ballot initiative that will give all workers the ability to earn and use paid sick leave. The initiative passed with 74% of the vote.

Thanks to our Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans coalition partners, hundreds of volunteer hours, bold voices of directly-impacted workers, the 138,000+ Nebraskans who signed the petition — and the advocacy of supporters like you – working families in Nebraska soon won’t have to face the impossible choice of taking care of their health or missing a paycheck.

Initiative 436 goes into effect beginning on October 1, 2025.