48-2209. Recruitment of non-English-speaking persons; employer; duties.

If an employer or a representative of an employer actively recruits any non-English-speaking persons for employment in this state and if more than ten percent of the employees of an employer are non-English-speaking employees and speak the same non-English language, the employer shall provide a bilingual employee who is conversant in the identified non-English language and available at the worksite for each shift during which a non-English-speaking employee is employed to (1) explain and respond to questions regarding the terms, conditions, and daily responsibilities of employment and (2) serve as a referral agent to community services for the non-English-speaking employees.

Source:Laws 1995, LB 20, § 2; R.S.1943, (1998), § 48-2202; Laws 2003, LB 418, § 3.