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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 (2026)

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It is declared to be the policy of this state (1) to establish a minimum wage for all workers at levels consistent with their health, efficiency and general well-being, and (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage compensation standards which are adequate to maintain the health, efficiency and general well-being of workers against the unfair competition of wage and hours standards which do not provide adequate standards of living.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 2010–2025 · leading case: Mays v. Midnite Dreams, Inc., 915 N.W.2d 71 (Neb. 2018).
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Mays v. Midnite Dreams, Inc., 915 N.W.2d 71 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 6× “Therefore, we affirm in part, and in part reverse and remand with direction to award damages and attorney fees and costs, calculated consistently with the WHA.”
Mays v. Midnite Dreams, 300 Neb. 485 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 10× “The policy statement in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 (Reissue 2010) precludes parties from avoiding the protections of the Wage and Hour Act, Neb.”
Cortez v. Nebraska Beef, Inc., 266 F.R.D. 275 (D. Neb. 2010). · cites it 2× “§ 206 , for failure to pay minimum wages; (3) violation of Nebraska’s Wage and Hour Act, Neb.Rev.Stat. § 48-1201 to 1209, for failure to pay minimum wages; (4) violation of the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, Neb.”
Bjorman v. Alegent Health - Bergan Mercy Health Sys., No. 8:21-cv-00259 (D. Neb. Jan. 6, 2023). · cites it 4× “In Count II, Bjorman alleges that Alegent violated the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act (NWPCA), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 et seq., “by refusing to compensate Plaintiff in a manner required under said law for overtime work performed by the Plaintiff and retaliating…”
Abarca v. Werner Enter., Inc., 774 F. Supp. 3d 1125 (D. Neb. 2025). “§ 48-1201 et seq. Their argument is premised on the same facts as those underlying their California minimum wage claim, such as uncompensated sleeper-berth and other non-driving time.”
Grove v. Meltech, No. 8:20-cv-00193 (D. Neb. Aug. 4, 2020). · cites it 2× “, and the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act (NWHA), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 , et seq., Jurisdiction is based on a federal question under 28 U.”
Grove v. Meltech, No. 8:20-cv-00193 (D. Neb. Dec. 3, 2020). · cites it 2× “, and the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act (“NWHA”), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 et seq. Jurisdiction is based on a federal question under 28 U.”
Grove v. Meltech, No. 8:20-cv-00193 (D. Neb. Jan. 29, 2021). · cites it 2× “, and the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act (“NWHA”), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 et seq., Jurisdiction is based on a federal question under 28 U.”
Rogers v. Werner Enter., Inc., No. 8:20-cv-00468 (D. Neb. June 3, 2021). · cites it 2× “, and the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act (“NWHA”), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 et seq. For the reasons discussed below, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Filing 14, is denied.”
Grove v. Meltech, No. 8:20-cv-00193 (D. Neb. Apr. 16, 2021). · cites it 2× “, and the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act (“NWHA”), Neb. Rev. Stat. §48-1201 et seq. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 provides that the Court should “freely give leave” to amend a pleading “when justice so requires.”
Midgett v. Werner Enter., Inc., No. 8:18-cv-00238 (D. Neb. Apr. 23, 2021). · cites it 2× “, and a putative Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 class-action suit for violations of the Nebraska Wage Payment and Hour Act (“NWHA”), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 , et seq. I. BACKGROUND In Plaintiff Midgett’s Third Amended Complaint, the plaintiff alleges in Count I that…”
Scarpino v. Imagination Indus., Inc., No. 8:20-cv-00449 (D. Neb. Sept. 10, 2021). · cites it 2× “, and the Nebraska Wage and Hour Act (“NWHS”), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1201 et seq., against defendants Imagination Industries, Inc.”
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