Minimum Wage for 14 & 15 Year Olds         

The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. In cases where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages.

However, a special minimum wage of $4.25 per hour applies to employees under the age of 20 during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer. After 90 days, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay the full federal minimum wage.So,whatever you do,you should be pay $4.25 per hour at least.

If you have a job that includes tips, you dont have to be paid minimum wage. If you work and your hourly wage and tips add up to less then minimum wage per hour, you can require to pay you more money so your hourly wage and tips is equal to minimum wage.It must be your average tips + hourly though; if you make 100 in tips in one hour and then nothing for the next couple hours, if your tips for the night, plus hourly for the night, divided by hours worked, equals more than minimum wage, they don't owe you anything. tips are generally calculated as 10 to 15% of your total tabs for the night though, so don't go by what you actually have.