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LEAD STORY It s game week, leading up to the championship of the National Football League on Sunday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs are going through the three phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams. We re breaking down our game film the same way with a look at proactive measures to expand protections to employees from the coronavirus, coordination of COVID-19 liability defenses, and a roster of specialty bills this week. “OMAHA” Nebraska lawmakers introduced legislation to make COVID-19 a compensable illness for essential workers. The unicameral measure, L.B. 441, names 10 categories of workers, including first responders and health care workers, who would qualify for the presumption. An employer can rebut the presumption by “affirmatively” proving that the employee contracted COVID-19 outside of the workplace. The bill also stipulates that “under no circumstances shall any COVID-19 case increase or adversely affect any ....