Nebraska Supreme Court sides with Pillen order on remote work, state bargaining

By: Zach Wendling

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: April 17, 2026

Words: 726

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court sided with state officials Friday in saying they had the right to refuse to bargain with a state employees union over a 2023 executive order seeking to limit remote work.

Justice Jonathan Papik of Omaha, in a unanimous 22-page decision, wrote that the state clearly had the “right to increase, reduce, change, modify and alter the composition and site of the workforce,” as specified in a collective bargaining …

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