OMAHA — A Douglas County district judge blocked part of an Omaha ordinance to require employers in city limits to pay youth workers the same minimum wage as adults as the legal fight plays out.
District Judge Timothy P. Burns on Monday wrote that the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office was likely to succeed in part of its effort to overturn the new minimum wage ordinance in Nebraska’s most populous city.
Burns limited his ruling to the half of the Omaha ordinance that prohibited a new “youth minimum wage.” The Legislature authorized paying 14- and 15-year-old workers $13.50, less than the current baseline $15 per hour. That law took effect July 18.
The partly granted temporary injunction will remain in place until Burns or another judge rules otherwise…