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The Nebraska minimum wage will increase from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009. This is the same day as an increase to the federal minimum wage under the FLSA.

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to employers who engage in interstate commerce, or who earn at least $500,000 per year. FLSA may also individual workers who are engaged in interstate commerce, even when the federal law does not apply to the entire business.

Federal, state and local government agencies are covered under FLSA, as are schools, hospitals and health care facilities. The U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, www.dol.gov, enforces the FLSA.

In this struggling economy, an increase in the minimum wage could be a hardship to employers. The increase in 2009 is the last scheduled increase for at least a year. At present there is no federal minimum wage increase scheduled for 2010.

Many employers in Nebraska are covered by the FLSA. Those that do not fall under federal jurisdiction are covered by the Nebraska state minimum wage laws.

The Nebraska minimum wage mirrors the federal minimum. (more…)