Title XXXI, Labor

Any full-time employee or officer of any public employer or employee organization may represent his or her employer or any public employee in a bargaining unit in any proceeding authorized in this part, excluding the representation of any person or public employer in a court of l…

(1) Ten hours of labor shall be a legal day’s work, and when any person employed to perform manual labor of any kind by the day, week, month or year renders 10 hours of labor, he or she shall be considered to have performed a legal day’s work, unless a written contract has been s…

Any person or persons, firm, joint stock company, association or corporation organized, chartered or incorporated by and under the laws of this state, either as owner or lessee, having persons in their service as employees, who shall discharge any employee or threaten to discharg…

Any person acting as an officer or agent of any firm, joint stock company, association or corporation of the kind and character as described in s. 448.03 or for any one of them, who makes or executes any notice, order or threat of the kind therein mentioned and forbidden, shall b…

If two or more persons shall agree, conspire, combine or confederate together for the purpose of preventing any person from procuring work in any firm or corporation, or to cause the discharge of any person from work in such firm or corporation; or if any person shall verbally or…

If any merchant, storekeeper, employer of male or female clerks, salespeople, cash boys or cash girls, or other assistants, in mercantile or other business pursuits, requiring such employees to stand or walk during their active duties, neglect to furnish at his or her own cost or…

(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, unless the context or subject matter clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings as defined in this section:(a) “Employee” means any individual employed by an employer, including individuals employed by the sta…

No person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, state agency, unit of local government, or any public or private entity shall deny or refuse employment to any person or discharge any person from employment solely because such person has the sickle-cell trait.History.—s.…

No person, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, state agency, unit of local government, or any public or private entity shall require screening or testing for the sickle-cell trait as a condition for employment, for admission into any state educational institution or st…

A local government may not adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, order, rule, policy, or contract requirement regulating scheduling, including predictive scheduling, by a private employer except as expressly authorized or required by state or federal law, rule, or regulatio…

The court may award to the prevailing party in an action for unpaid wages costs of the action and a reasonable attorney’s fee.History.—s. 1, ch. 78-327.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly employ, hire, recruit, or refer, either for herself or himself or on behalf of another, for private or public employment within this state, an alien who is not duly authorized to work by the immigration laws of the United States, the…

(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Contractor” means a person or an entity that has entered or is attempting to enter into a contract with a public agency to provide labor, supplies, or services to such agency in exchange for salary, wages, or other remunerat…

As used in ss. 448.101-448.105, the term:(1) “Appropriate governmental agency” means any agency of government charged with the enforcement of laws, rules, or regulations governing an activity, policy, or practice of an employer.(2) “Employee” means a person who performs services …

An employer may not take any retaliatory personnel action against an employee because the employee has:(1) Disclosed, or threatened to disclose, to any appropriate governmental agency, under oath, in writing, an activity, policy, or practice of the employer that is in violation o…

(1)(a) An employee who has been the object of a retaliatory personnel action in violation of this act may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for relief as set forth in subsection (2) within 2 years after discovering that the alleged retaliatory personne…

A court may award reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and expenses to the prevailing party.History.—s. 7, ch. 91-285.

This act does not diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of an employee or employer under any other law or rule or under any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract.History.—s. 8, ch. 91-285.

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Competitive solicitation” means an invitation to bid, a request for proposals, or an invitation to negotiate.(b) “Heat exposure requirement” means a standard to control an employee’s exposure to heat or sun, or to otherwise address or mo…

(1) As used in this section, the terms:(a) “Employer,” “employee,” and “wage” have the meanings as established under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and its implementing regulations.(b) “Florida minimum wage” means the wage that an employer must, at a minimum, pay an employe…

(1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Minimum Wage Act.”(2) The purpose of this section is to provide measures appropriate for the implementation of s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution, in accordance with authority granted to the Legislature pursuant to s. 24(f), Art.…

(1) For purposes of this section, the term “engaged individual” means an individual who provides a good or service to a business or on behalf of a business and who is remunerated for the good or service regardless of the individual’s classification as an employee or independent c…

This part may be cited as the “Labor Pool Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 95-332.

The Legislature finds that this part is necessary to provide for the health, safety, and well-being of day laborers throughout the state and to establish uniform standards of conduct and practice for labor pools in the state, and this part shall be carried out in accordance with …

For the purposes of this part:(1) “Labor pool” means a business entity that operates a labor hall by one or more of the following methods:(a) Contracting with third-party users to supply day laborers to them on a temporary basis.(b) Hiring, employing, recruiting, or contracting w…

Except as specified in ss. 448.22(1)(c) and 448.26, this part does not apply to:(1) Business entities duly registered as farm labor contractors pursuant to part III of chapter 450;(2) Employee leasing companies, as defined in s. 468.520;(3) Temporary help services engaged in supp…

(1) No labor pool shall charge a day laborer:(a) For safety equipment, clothing, accessories, or any other items required by the nature of the work either by law, custom, or as a requirement of the third-party user:1. This subsection shall not preclude the labor pool from chargin…

(1)(a) Any worker aggrieved by a violation of s. 448.24 has the right to bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the labor pool responsible for such violation.(b) Before bringing a civil action pursuant to this section, an aggrieved worker must give the …

Nothing in this part shall exempt any client of any labor pool or temporary help arrangement entity as defined in s. 468.520(4)(a) or any assigned employee from any other license requirements of state, local, or federal law. Any employee assigned to a client who is licensed, regi…

Part I of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Labor Law.”History.—s. 2, ch. 81-192.

For the purpose of this chapter, the word, phrase, or term:(1) “Farm work” includes all agricultural labor performed upon farms.(2) “Farm” includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal, and truck farms; ranches; nurseries; and orchards.(3) “Child” or “minor” means any…

(1) Minors of any age may be employed:(a) As pages in the Florida Legislature.(b) By the entertainment industry as prescribed in ss. 450.012 and 450.132.(c) In domestic or farm work in connection with their own homes or the farm or ranch on which they live, or directly for their …

(1) Any person who hires, employs, or suffers to work any child shall, in addition to the limitations provided in this part, first obtain and keep on record during the entire period of such employment proof of the child’s age. This requirement shall be satisfied by:(a) A photocop…

(1) No minor 15 years of age or younger, whether or not such person’s disabilities of nonage have been removed by marriage or otherwise, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any of the following occupations:(a) In connection with power-driven machinery, except po…

(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work:1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is scheduled the following day.2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is in session.(b) On any school day, minors 15 years of a…

In extenuating circumstances when it clearly appears to be in the best interest of the child, the department may grant a waiver of the restrictions imposed by the Child Labor Law on the employment of a child. Such waivers shall be granted upon a case-by-case basis and shall be ba…

(1) The department shall administer this chapter. It shall employ such help as is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Other agencies of the state may cooperate with the department in the administration and enforcement of this part. To accomplish this joint, coop…

(1) Children within the protection of our child labor statutes may, notwithstanding such statutes, be employed by the entertainment industry in the production of motion pictures, legitimate plays, television shows, still photography, recording, publicity, musical and live perform…

(1) Whoever violates any provisions of this law, or employs or permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this law, or of any order issued under the provisions of this law, or obstructs persons authorized under this law in the inspection of places of e…

Any person who takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, exhibits, or, in any manner or under any pretense, causes or permits any child less than 18 years of age to suffer; who inflicts upon any such child unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering; who willfully causes or perm…

(1) Child Labor Law program appropriations made by the Legislature shall be used to carry out the proper responsibilities of administering the Child Labor Law, to protect the working youth of the state, and to provide education about the Child Labor Law to employers, public schoo…

1Nothing in this chapter shall prevent minors of any age from receiving career education furnished by the United States, this state, or any county or other political subdivision of this state and duly approved by the Department of Education or other duly constituted authority, no…

The department shall maintain separate accounts in the Professional Regulation Trust Fund for child labor law enforcement and administration activities and for farm labor registration activities. The department shall account for the expenditure of moneys received from the Workers…

This part may be cited as the “Alfredo Bahena Act.”History.—s. 4, ch. 2005-210.

As used in part II, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:(1) “Migrant labor camp” means those migrant labor camps as defined in s. 381.008(5).(2) “Office” means the Executive Office of the Governor.(3) The term “migrant laborer” has the same meaning as migrant …

(1) The Executive Office of the Governor is authorized and directed to:(a) Advise and consult with migrant and seasonal workers and their employers as to the ways and means of improving living and working conditions of migrant and seasonal workers.(b) Cooperate with the Departmen…