LB258

Nebraska LB258 adjusts the minimum wage, introduces a youth minimum wage, and modifies the training wage for new employees.

Nebraska LB258 amends the Wage and Hour Act to set the minimum wage at nine dollars per hour through December 31, 2022, and incrementally increases it to fifteen dollars per hour by January 1, 2026. It also introduces a youth minimum wage of thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour for employees aged fourteen to sixteen who are not emancipated minors. Additionally, the bill modifies the training wage for new employees, allowing them to be paid seventy-five percent of the minimum wage for ninety days if they are at least sixteen but younger than twenty years old and not seasonal or migrant.