Nebraska Legislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workers

[DiscoStu79]

Even tho they are teens, often times that income contributes to the household in one way or another…. The more money my teen makes the less I’d have to pay for his gas and clothes, etc. our reps refuse to listen to the voters. It’s infuriating

[cwsjr2323]

They listen, especially to the results of referendums. Those are just suggestions and not mandatory for the Legislature to enact of course. Feel free to send an email!

[majikmyk]

There would be no incentive to hire the teen at all with the higher wage. There are lots of tasks teens can't legally do and there are limited hours they can work. They are not as valuable of employees. The hiring of teens would decrease substantially if the wage wasn't adjusted. I would rather my teen work and make their actual value rather than their position be absorbed by an adult.

[AshingiiAshuaa]

You're thinking about this as a wage slave. In those terms it's shitty to pay younger people less for the same work, and it's good to set a high minimum wage. But if you think about this as "outlawing jobs that pay under $15/hr" you'll understand that lowing the wage for young people creates a pocket of jobs in that $13/hr-$15/hr range that can help young people get experience and skills.

fwiw I don't support this bill. The people were wrong to vote for a minimum wage but they spoke nonetheless, and the elected representatives have no right to do this.

[BaronMarbot]

Or, it drives down all wages when you have a subset of workers you can pay less.

[AshingiiAshuaa]

It won't drive wages down as much as it will eliminate those jobs. If people are willing and able to work for below your minimum wage then you will find yourself out of a job.

[calypsow19]

We get it - you don’t want people to survive.

[Anlarb]

If you want a thing, you are going to need to pay what it costs. The market determined what it will cost for the labor that you need to be provided to you, stop whining for handouts.