Legislature passes law capping annual minimum wage bumps, creates ‘youth’ wage below $15
Nebraska’s minimum wage will annually increase at 1.75%, no longer by the cost of living, and certain teen workers, starting this July, can be paid a subminimum wage that will remain below the current $15 guarantee for nearly 40 years.
It bothers me to pay teens less as if their time were not valuable and their effort less important. Maybe a probationary period would be helpful?
I began working in a pizza place when I was 15. I learned to work hard because the place had to be cleaned up at the end of the night. Everything had to be done and done decently.
A friend shared that a classmate of his had to work to bring in money for his family. Is it really fair to pay someone less because they are young? This is discrimination.
