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• Florida Labor Code Section 435.01; Applicability of this chapter.
  Whenever a background screening for employment or a background security check is required by law for employment, unless otherwise provided by law, the provisions of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.02; Definitions.
  For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Employee" means any person required by law to be screened pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) "...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.03; Level 1 screening standards.
  (1) All employees required by law to be screened shall be required to undergo background screening as a condition of employment and continued employment. For ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.04; Level 2 screening standards.
  (1) All employees in positions designated by law as positions of trust or responsibility shall be required to undergo security background investigations as a condition ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.05; Requirements for covered employees.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the following requirements shall apply to covered employees: (1)(a) Every person employed in a position for which employment ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.06; Exclusion from employment.
  (1) When an employer or licensing agency has reasonable cause to believe that grounds exist for the denial or termination of employment of any employee ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.07; Exemptions from disqualification.
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this section shall apply to exemptions from disqualification. (1) The appropriate licensing agency may grant to any ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.08; Payment for processing of fingerprints and state criminal records checks.
  Either the employer or the employee is responsible for paying the costs of screening. Payment shall be submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.09; Confidentiality of personnel background check information.
  No criminal or juvenile information obtained under this section may be used for any purpose other than determining whether persons meet the minimum standards for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.10; Sharing of personnel information among employers.
  Every employer of employees covered by this chapter shall furnish copies of personnel records for employees or former employees to any other employer requesting this ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 435.11; Penalties.
  (1) It is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person willfully, knowingly, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.01; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Workers' Compensation ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.015; Legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Workers' Compensation Law be interpreted so as to assure the quick and efficient delivery of disability ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.02; Definitions.
  When used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Accident" means only an unexpected ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.021; Exemption of workers' compensation from chapter 120.
  Workers' compensation adjudications by judges of compensation claims are exempt from chapter 120, and no judge of compensation claims shall be considered an agency or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.03; Application.
  Every employer and employee as defined in s. 440.02 shall be bound by the provisions of this ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.04; Waiver of exemption.
  (1) Every employer having in her or his employment any employee not included in the definition "employee" or excluded or exempted from the operation of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.05; Election of exemption; revocation of election; notice; certification.
  (1) Each corporate officer who elects not to accept the provisions of this chapter or who, after electing such exemption, revokes that exemption shall mail ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.055; Notice requirements.
  An employer who employs fewer than four employees, who is permitted by law to elect not to secure payment of compensation under this chapter, and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.06; Failure to secure compensation; effect.
  Every employer who fails to secure the payment of compensation, as provided in s. 440.10, by failing to meet the requirements of s. 440....
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.075; When corporate officer rejects chapter; effect.
  Every corporate officer who elects to reject this chapter shall, in any action to recover damages for injury or death brought against the corporate employer, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.077; When a corporate officer rejects chapter, effect.
  An officer of a corporation who is permitted to elect an exemption under this chapter and who elects to be exempt from the provisions of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.09; Coverage.
  (1) The employer must pay compensation or furnish benefits required by this chapter if the employee suffers an accidental compensable injury or death arising out ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.091; Law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic; when acting within the course of employment.
  (1) If an employee: (a) Is elected, appointed, or employed full time by a municipality, the state, or any political subdivision and is vested with ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.092; Special requirements for compensability; deviation from employment; subsequent intervening accidents.
  (1) RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.--Recreational or social activities are not compensable unless such recreational or social activities are an expressly required incident of employment ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.093; Mental and nervous injuries.
  (1) A mental or nervous injury due to stress, fright, or excitement only is not an injury by accident arising out of the employment. Nothing ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.10; Liability for compensation.
  (1)(a) Every employer coming within the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for, and shall secure, the payment to his or her employees, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.101; Legislative intent; drug-free workplaces.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote drug-free workplaces in order that employers in the state be afforded the opportunity to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.102; Drug-free workplace program requirements.
  The following provisions apply to a drug-free workplace program implemented pursuant to law or to rules adopted by the Agency for Health Care Administration: (...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.1025; Employer workplace safety program in ratesetting; program requirements; rulemaking.
  (1) For a public or private employer to be eligible for receipt of specific identifiable consideration under s. 627.0915 for a workplace safety program ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.103; Building permits; identification of minimum premium policy.
  Every employer shall, as a condition to applying for and receiving a building permit, show proof and certify to the permit issuer that it has ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.104; Competitive bidder; civil actions.
  (1) Any person engaged in the construction industry, as provided in s. 440.02, who loses a competitive bid for a contract shall have a ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.105; Prohibited activities; reports; penalties; limitations.
  (1)(a) Any insurance carrier, any individual self-insured, any commercial or group self-insurance fund, any professional practitioner licensed or regulated by the Department ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.1051; Fraud reports; civil immunity; criminal penalties.
  (1) The Bureau of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud of the Division of Insurance Fraud of the department shall establish a toll-free telephone number to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.106; Civil remedies; administrative penalties.
  (1) Whenever any circuit or special grievance committee acting under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court finds probable cause to believe that an attorney has ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.107; Department powers to enforce employer compliance with coverage requirements.
  (1) The Legislature finds that the failure of an employer to comply with the workers' compensation coverage requirements under this chapter poses an immediate danger ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.108; Investigatory records relating to workers' compensation employer compliance; confidentiality.
  (1) All investigatory records made or received pursuant to s. 440.107 and any records necessary to complete an investigation held by the department are ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.11; Exclusiveness of liability.
  (1) The liability of an employer prescribed in s. 440.10 shall be exclusive and in place of all other liability, including vicarious liability, of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.12; Time for commencement and limits on weekly rate of compensation.
  (1) No compensation shall be allowed for the first 7 days of the disability, except benefits provided for in s. 440.13. However, if the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.125; Medical records and reports; identifying information in employee medical bills; confidentiality.
  Any medical records and medical reports of an injured employee and any information identifying an injured employee in medical bills which are provided to the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.13; Medical services and supplies; penalty for violations; limitations.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Alternate medical care" means a change in treatment or health care provider. (b) "Attendant care" ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.132; Investigatory records relating to workers' compensation managed care arrangements; confidentiality.
  All investigatory records of the Agency for Health Care Administration made or received pursuant to s. 440.134 and any examination records necessary to complete ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.134; Workers' compensation managed care arrangement.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Agency" means the Agency for Health Care Administration. (b) "Complaint" means any dissatisfaction expressed by an ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.14; Determination of pay.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the average weekly wages of the injured employee on the date of the accident shall be taken ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.15; Compensation for disability.
  Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee, subject to the limits provided in s. 440.12(2), as follows: (1) PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY.-- (...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.151; Occupational diseases.
  (1)(a) Where the employer and employee are subject to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law, the disablement or death of an employee resulting ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.16; Compensation for death.
  (1) If death results from the accident within 1 year thereafter or follows continuous disability and results from the accident within 5 years thereafter, the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.17; Guardian for minor or incompetent.
  Prior to the filing of a claim, the department, and after the filing of a claim, a judge of compensation claims, may require the appointment ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.185; Notice of injury or death; reports; penalties for violations.
  (1) An employee who suffers an injury arising out of and in the course of employment shall advise his or her employer of the injury ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.19; Time bars to filing petitions for benefits.
  (1) Except to the extent provided elsewhere in this section, all employee petitions for benefits under this chapter shall be barred unless the employee, or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.191; Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office.
  (1)(a) In order to effect the self-executing features of the Workers' Compensation Law, this chapter shall be construed to permit injured employees and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.192; Procedure for resolving benefit disputes.
  (1) Any employee may, for any benefit that is ripe, due, and owing, file by certified mail, or by electronic means approved by the Deputy ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.1926; Alternate dispute resolution; claim arbitration.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the employer, carrier, and employee may mutually agree to seek consent from a judge of compensation claims to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.20; Time for payment of compensation and medical bills; penalties for late payment.
  (1)(a) Unless it denies compensability or entitlement to benefits, the carrier shall pay compensation directly to the employee as required by ss. 440.14, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.205; Coercion of employees.
  No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any employee by reason of such employee's valid claim for compensation or attempt to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.207; Workers' compensation system guide.
  (1) The department shall educate all persons providing or receiving benefits pursuant to this chapter as to their rights and responsibilities under this chapter. (2) ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.21; Invalid agreements.
  (1) Any agreement by an employee to pay any portion of premium paid by her or his employer to a carrier or to contribute to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.211; Authorization of collective bargaining agreement.
  (1) Subject to the limitation stated in subsection (2), a provision that is mutually agreed upon in any collective bargaining agreement filed with the department ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.22; Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors.
  No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due or payable under this chapter except as provided by this chapter shall be valid, and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.23; Compensation a lien against assets.
  Compensation shall have the same preference of lien against the assets of the carrier or employer without limit of an amount as is now or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.24; Enforcement of compensation orders; penalties.
  (1) In case of default by the employer or carrier in the payment of compensation due under any compensation order of a judge of compensation ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.25; Procedures for mediation and hearings.
  (1) Forty days after a petition for benefits is filed under s. 440.192, the judge of compensation claims shall notify the interested parties by ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.271; Appeal of order of judge of compensation claims.
  Review of any order of a judge of compensation claims entered pursuant to this chapter shall be by appeal to the District Court of Appeal, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.2715; Access to courts through state video teleconferencing network.
  The First District Court of Appeal shall use the state video teleconferencing network established by the Department of Management Services to facilitate access to courts ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.28; Modification of orders.
  Upon a judge of compensation claims' own initiative, or upon the application of any party in interest, on the ground of a change in condition ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.29; Procedure before the judge of compensation claims.
  (1) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a hearing, the judge of compensation claims shall not be bound by technical or formal rules ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.30; Depositions.
  Depositions of witnesses or parties, residing within or without the state, may be taken and may be used in connection with proceedings under the Workers' ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.31; Witness fees.
  Each witness who appears in obedience to a subpoena shall be entitled to the same fees as witnesses in a civil action in the circuit ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.32; Cost in proceedings brought without reasonable ground.
  (1) If the judge of compensation claims or any court having jurisdiction of proceedings in respect of any claim or compensation order determines that the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.33; Powers of judges of compensation claims.
  (1) The judge of compensation claims may preserve and enforce order during any such proceeding; issue subpoenas for, administer oaths or affirmations to, and compel ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.34; Attorney's fees; costs.
  (1) A fee, gratuity, or other consideration may not be paid for a claimant in connection with any proceedings arising under this chapter, unless approved ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.345; Reporting of attorney's fees.
  All fees paid to attorneys for services rendered under this chapter shall be reported to the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims as the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.35; Record of injury or death.
  Every employer shall keep a record in respect of any injury to an employee. Such record shall contain such information of disability or death in ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.38; Security for compensation; insurance carriers and self-insurers.
  (1) Every employer shall secure the payment of compensation under this chapter: (a) By insuring and keeping insured the payment of such compensation with any ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.381; Application for coverage; reporting payroll; payroll audit procedures; penalties.
  (1) Applications by an employer to a carrier for coverage required by s. 440.38 must be made on a form prescribed by the Financial ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.385; Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated.
  (1) CREATION OF ASSOCIATION.-- (a) There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as the "Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated," hereinafter referred to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.3851; Public records and public meetings exemptions.
  (1) The following records of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.386; Individual self-insurers' insolvency; conservation; liquidation.
  (1) JURISDICTION OF DELINQUENCY PROCEEDING VENUE; CHANGE OF APPEAL.-- (a) The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in any delinquency proceeding under this section, and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.39; Compensation for injuries when third persons are liable.
  (1) If an employee, subject to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law, is injured or killed in the course of his or her employment ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.40; Compensation notice.
  Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep posted in a conspicuous place or places in and about her ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.41; Substitution of carrier for employer.
  In any case where the employer is not a self-insurer, in order that the liability for compensation imposed by this chapter may be most ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.42; Insurance policies; liability.
  (1) Every policy or contract of insurance issued under authority of this chapter shall contain: (a) A provision to carry out the provisions of s. ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.44; Workers' compensation; staff organization.
  (1) INTERPRETATION OF LAW.--As a guide to the interpretation of this chapter, the Legislature takes due notice of federal social and labor acts and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.442; Code of Judicial Conduct.
  The Deputy Chief Judge and judges of compensation claims shall observe and abide by the Code of Judicial Conduct as adopted by the Florida Supreme ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.45; Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims.
  (1)(a) There is created the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims within the Department of Management Services. The Office of the Judges of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.47; Travel expenses.
  The Deputy Chief Judge, judges of compensation claims, and employees of the department shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.49; Limitation of liability for subsequent injury through Special Disability Trust Fund.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--Whereas it is often difficult for workers with disabilities to achieve employment or to become reemployed following an injury, and it is ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.491; Reemployment of injured workers; rehabilitation.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Carrier" means group self-insurance funds or individual self-insureds authorized under this chapter and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.50; Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund.
  (1)1(a) There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund" for the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.51; Expenses of administration.
  (1) The department shall estimate annually in advance the amounts necessary for the administration of this chapter, in the following manner. (a) The department shall, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.515; Reports from self-insurers; confidentiality.
  The department shall maintain the reports filed in accordance with former s. 440.51(6)(b) as confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.52; Registration of insurance carriers; notice of cancellation or expiration of policy; suspension or revocation of authority.
  (1) Each insurance carrier who desires to write such compensation insurance in compliance with this chapter shall be required, before writing such insurance, to register ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.525; Examination and investigation of carriers and claims-handling entities.
  (1) The department and office may examine, or investigate any carrier, third-party administrator, servicing agent, or other claims-handling entity as often as is ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.53; Effect of unconstitutionality.
  If any part of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional by the courts, and such adjudication has the effect of invalidating any payment of compensation under ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.54; Violation of child labor law.
  If the judge of compensation claims determines that an injured employee at the time of an accident is a minor employed, permitted, or suffered to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.55; Proceedings against state.
  Any person entitled to compensation benefits by reason of the injury or death of an employee of the state, its boards, bureaus, departments, agencies, or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.572; Authorization for individual self-insurer to provide coverage.
  An individual self-insurer having a net worth of not less than $250 million as authorized by s. 440.38(1)(f) may assume by ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.585; Workers' compensation group self-insurance fund application disclosure.
  Each application for workers' compensation coverage under a group self-insurance fund authorized under this chapter must contain in contrasting color and in not less ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.59; Reporting requirements.
  The department shall annually prepare a report of the administration of this chapter for the preceding calendar year, including a detailed statement of the receipts ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.591; Administrative procedure; rulemaking authority.
  The department, the Financial Services Commission, the agency, and the Department of Education may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.593; Electronic reporting.
  (1) The department may establish an electronic reporting system requiring or authorizing an employer or carrier to submit required forms, reports, or other information electronically ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 440.60; Application of laws.
  (1) Chapter 79-40, Laws of Florida, shall apply to all claims for injury arising out of accidents occurring on or after August 1, 1979. (...
• Florida Labor Code Section 441.01; Trust for employees.
  A trust created by an employer as part of a stock bonus plan, pension plan, disability or death benefit plan, or profit sharing plan, for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 441.02; Trust for self-employed individuals and others.
  No trust created under a retirement plan for which provision has been made under the laws of the United States exempting such trust from federal ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.011; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Unemployment Compensation ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.012; Unemployment Appeals Commission.
  (1) There is created within the Agency for Workforce Innovation an Unemployment Appeals Commission. The commission is composed of a chair and two other members ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.031; Rule of liberal construction.
  This chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of a claimant of unemployment benefits who is unemployed through no fault of his or her own. ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.0315; Effect of finding, judgment, conclusion, or order in separate or subsequent action or proceeding; use as evidence.
  Any finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or final order made by a hearing officer, the commission, or any person with the authority to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.036; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Able to work" means physically and mentally capable of performing the duties of the occupation in which ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.041; Waiver of rights; fees; privileged communications.
  (1) WAIVER OF RIGHTS VOID.--Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute her or his rights to benefits or any other rights ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.051; Benefits not alienable; exception, child support intercept.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under state law, including amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.061; Vested rights not created.
  A right granted under this chapter is subject to amendment or repeal and does not create a vested right in any ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.071; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.091; Benefit eligibility conditions.
  (1) An unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits for any week only if the Agency for Workforce Innovation finds that: (a) She or he ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.101; Disqualification for benefits.
  An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: (1)(a) For the week in which he or she has voluntarily left his or her work without ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.111; Payment of benefits.
  (1) MANNER OF PAYMENT.--Benefits are payable from the fund in accordance with rules adopted by the Agency for Workforce Innovation, subject to the following ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1115; Extended benefits.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Extended benefit period" means a period that: 1. Begins with the third week after a ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1116; Short-time compensation.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Affected unit" means a specified plant, department, shift, or other definable unit of two or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.121; Employing units affected.
  (1) PERIODS OF LIABILITY.-- (a) Any employing unit that is or becomes an employer subject to this chapter as described in s. 443.1215(1)(...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1215; Employers.
  (1) Each of the following employing units is an employer subject to this chapter: (a) An employing unit that: 1. In a calendar quarter during ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1216; Employment.
  Employment, as defined in s. 443.036, is subject to this chapter under the following conditions: (1)(a) The employment subject to this chapter includes ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1217; Wages.
  (1) The wages subject to this chapter include all remuneration for employment, including commissions, bonuses, back pay awards, and the cash value of all remuneration ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.131; Contributions.
  (1) PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.--Contributions accrue and are payable by each employer for each calendar quarter he or she is subject to this chapter for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1312; Reimbursements; nonprofit organizations.
  Benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations shall be financed in accordance with this section. (1) DEFINITION.--As used in this section, the term "nonprofit ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1313; Public employers; reimbursements; election to pay contributions.
  Benefits paid to employees of a public employer, as defined in s. 443.036, based on service described in s. 443.1216(2) shall be ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1315; Treatment of Indian tribes.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Employer" means any Indian tribe for which service in employment as defined by this chapter is ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1316; Unemployment tax collection services; interagency agreement.
  (1) The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall contract with the Department of Revenue, through an interagency agreement, to perform the duties of the tax collection ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1317; Rulemaking authority; enforcement of rules.
  (1) AGENCY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION.-- (a) Except as otherwise provided in s. 443.012, the Agency for Workforce Innovation has ultimate authority over the administration ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.141; Collection of contributions and reimbursements.
  (1) PAST DUE CONTRIBUTIONS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.-- (a) Interest.--Contributions or reimbursements unpaid on the date due shall bear interest at the rate of 1 percent ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.151; Procedure concerning claims.
  (1) POSTING OF INFORMATION.-- (a) Each employer must post and maintain in places readily accessible to individuals in her or his employ printed statements concerning ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.163; Electronic reporting and remitting of contributions and reimbursements.
  (1) An employer may file any report and remit any contributions or reimbursements required under this chapter by electronic means. The Agency for Workforce Innovation ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.171; Agency for Workforce Innovation and commission; powers and duties; records and reports; proceedings; state-federal cooperation.
  (1) POWERS AND DUTIES.--The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall administer this chapter. The agency may employ those persons, make expenditures, require reports, conduct investigations, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.1715; Disclosure of information; confidentiality.
  (1) RECORDS AND REPORTS.--Information revealing an employing unit's or individual's identity obtained from the employing unit or any individual under the administration ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.181; Public employment service.
  (1) The one-stop delivery system established under s. 445.009 is this state's public employment service as part of the national system of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.191; Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund; establishment and control.
  (1) There is established, as a separate trust fund apart from all other public funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, which shall ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.211; Employment Security Administration Trust Fund; appropriation; reimbursement.
  (1) EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TRUST FUND.--There is created in the State Treasury the "Employment Security Administration Trust Fund." All moneys deposited into this fund ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 443.221; Reciprocal arrangements.
  (1)(a) The Agency for Workforce Innovation or its tax collection service provider may enter into reciprocal arrangements with other states or with the Federal ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.001; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Workforce Innovation Act of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.002; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Agency" means the Agency for Workforce Innovation. (2) "Services and one-time payments" or "services," when used ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.003; Implementation of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
  (1) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT PRINCIPLES.--The state's approach to implementing the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-220, should have ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.004; Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose; membership; duties and powers.
  (1) There is created a not-for-profit corporation, to be known as "Workforce Florida, Inc.," which shall be registered, incorporated, organized, and operated in ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.006; Strategic and operational plans for workforce development.
  (1) Workforce Florida, Inc., in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop a strategic plan for workforce, with the goal ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.007; Regional workforce boards.
  (1) One regional workforce board shall be appointed in each designated service delivery area and shall serve as the local workforce investment board pursuant to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.0071; Florida Youth Summer Jobs Pilot Program.
  (1) CREATION.--Contingent upon appropriations, there is created the Florida Youth Summer Jobs Pilot Program within workforce development district 22 served by the Broward Workforce ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.008; Workforce Training Institute.
  (1) Workforce Florida, Inc., may create the Workforce Training Institute, which shall be a comprehensive program of workforce training courses designed to meet the unique ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.009; One-stop delivery system.
  (1) The one-stop delivery system is the state's primary customer-service strategy for offering every Floridian access, through service sites or telephone or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.010; Workforce system information technology; principles and information sharing.
  (1) The following principles shall guide the development and management of workforce system information resources: (a) Workforce system entities should be committed to information sharing. (...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.011; Workforce information systems.
  (1) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall implement, subject to legislative appropriation, automated information systems that are necessary for the efficient and effective operation and management of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.014; Small business workforce service initiative.
  (1) Subject to legislative appropriation, Workforce Florida, Inc., shall establish a program to encourage regional workforce development boards to establish one-stop delivery systems that ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.016; Untried Worker Placement and Employment Incentive Act.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Untried Worker Placement and Employment Incentive Act." (2) For purposes of this section, the term "untried worker" ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.017; Diversion.
  (1) Many customers of the one-stop delivery system do not need ongoing temporary cash assistance, but, due to an unexpected circumstance or emergency situation, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.018; Diversion program to strengthen Florida's families.
  (1) The diversion program to strengthen families in this state is intended to provide services that assist families in avoiding welfare dependency by gaining and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.019; Teen parent and pregnancy prevention diversion program; eligibility for services.
  The Legislature recognizes that teen pregnancy is a major cause of dependency on government assistance that often extends through more than one generation. The purpose ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.020; Diversion programs; determination of need.
  If federal regulations require a determination of needy families or needy parents to be based on financial criteria, such as income or resources, for individuals ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.021; Relocation assistance program.
  (1) The Legislature recognizes that the need for public assistance may arise because a family is located in an area with limited employment opportunities, because ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.022; Retention Incentive Training Accounts.
  To promote job retention and to enable upward job advancement into higher skilled, higher paying employment, the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.023; Program for dependent care for families with children with special needs.
  (1) There is created the program for dependent care for families with children with special needs. This program is intended to provide assistance to families ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.024; Work requirements.
  (1) WORK ACTIVITIES.--The following activities may be used individually or in combination to satisfy the work requirements for a participant in the temporary cash ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.025; Other support services.
  Support services shall be provided, if resources permit, to assist participants in complying with work activity requirements outlined in s. 445.024. If resources do ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.026; Cash assistance severance benefit.
  An individual who meets the criteria listed in this section may choose to receive a lump-sum payment in lieu of ongoing cash assistance payments, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.028; Transitional benefits and services.
  In cooperation with Workforce Florida, Inc., the Department of Children and Family Services shall develop procedures to ensure that families leaving the temporary cash assistance ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.029; Transitional medical benefits.
  (1) A family that loses its temporary cash assistance due to earnings shall remain eligible for Medicaid without reapplication during the immediately succeeding 12-month ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.030; Transitional education and training.
  In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance who are working or actively seeking employment in continuing their training and upgrading their skills, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.031; Transitional transportation.
  In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance in maintaining and sustaining employment or educational opportunities, transportation may be provided, if funds are ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.032; Transitional child care.
  In order to assist former welfare transition program participants and individuals who have been redirected through up-front diversion, transitional child care is available for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.0325; Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
  (1) The Welfare Transition Trust Fund is created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Funds shall be credited ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.033; Evaluation.
  The board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., and the Department of Children and Family Services shall arrange for evaluation of TANF-funded programs operated ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.034; Authorized expenditures.
  Any expenditures from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant shall be made in accordance with the requirements and limitations of part A of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.035; Data collection and reporting.
  The Department of Children and Family Services and the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., shall collect data necessary to administer this chapter and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.038; Digital media; job training.
  Workforce Florida, Inc., through the Agency for Workforce Innovation, may use funds dedicated for Incumbent Worker Training for the digital media industry. Training may be ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.045; Development of an Internet-based system for information technology industry promotion and workforce recruitment.
  (1) Workforce Florida, Inc., is responsible for directing the development and maintenance of a website that promotes and markets the information technology industry in this ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.046; Establishment of a network access point.
  The state actively supports efforts that enhance the information technology industry in this state, particularly those efforts that increase broadband technology. A critical initiative to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.047; Passport to Economic Progress Act; legislative intent.
  The purpose of the Passport to Economic Progress Act is to provide incentives and services designed to assist individuals who are recipients of temporary cash ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.048; Passport to Economic Progress program.
  (1) AUTHORIZATION.--Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Workforce Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Agency for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.049; Digital Divide Council.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature finds as follows: (a) Frequent access to use of information technology and possession of the knowledge and skills ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.051; Individual development accounts.
  (1) The purpose of this act is to provide for the establishment of individual development accounts that can provide families having limited means an opportunity ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.055; Employment advocacy and assistance program targeting military spouses and dependents.
  (1) The Legislature finds that military families are faced with a variety of challenges, including frequent relocations, recurring deployments, lengthy periods of separation, and heightened ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 445.056; Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Program.
  The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall establish a matching grant program to award matching grants to private sector employers in this state that provide wages ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.011; Legislative intent regarding apprenticeship training.
  (1) It is the intent of the State of Florida to provide educational opportunities for its young people so that they can be trained for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.021; Definitions of terms used in ss. 446.011-446.092.
  As used in ss. 446.011-446.092, the term: (1) "Preapprentice" means any person 16 years of age or over engaged in any course ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.032; General duties of the department for apprenticeship training.
  The department shall: (1) Establish uniform minimum standards and policies governing apprentice programs and agreements. The standards and policies shall govern the terms and conditions ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.041; Apprenticeship program, duties of the department.
  The department shall: (1) Administer ss. 446.011-446.092. (2) Administer the standards established by the department. (3) Register in accordance with this chapter ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.045; State Apprenticeship Advisory Council.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Joint employee organization" means an apprenticeship sponsor who participates in a collective bargaining agreement and represents ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.051; Related instruction for apprentices.
  (1) The administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of such instruction with job experiences, and selection and training of teachers ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.052; Preapprenticeship program.
  (1) There is created and established a preapprenticeship education program, as defined in s. 446.021. (2) The department, under regulations established by the State ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.061; Expenditures.
  The department shall make necessary expenditures from the appropriation provided by law for personal services, travel, printing, equipment, office space, and supplies as provided by ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.071; Apprenticeship sponsors.
  (1) One or more local apprenticeship sponsors shall be approved in any trade or group of trades by the department, upon a determination of need, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.075; Federal and state cooperation.
  The department may contract with the United States Department of Labor, and may assume other functions and duties necessary for the department to serve as ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.081; Limitation.
  (1) Nothing in ss. 446.011-446.092 or in any apprentice agreement approved under those sections shall operate to invalidate any apprenticeship provision in ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.091; On-the-job training program.
  All provisions of ss. 446.011-446.092 relating to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship, including, but not limited to, programs, agreements, standards, administration, procedures, definitions, expenditures, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.092; Criteria for apprenticeship occupations.
  An apprenticeable occupation is a skilled trade which possesses all of the following characteristics: (1) It is customarily learned in a practical way through a ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.40; Rural Workforce Services Act; short title.
  Sections 446.40-446.44 may be cited as the "Rural Workforce Services ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.41; Legislative intent with respect to rural workforce training and development; establishment of Rural Workforce Services Program.
  In order that the state may achieve its full economic and social potential, consideration must be given to rural workforce training and development to enable ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.42; General purpose of Rural Workforce Services Program.
  A trained labor force is an essential ingredient for industrial as well as agricultural growth. Therefore, it shall be the general responsibility of the Rural ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.43; Scope and coverage of Rural Workforce Services Program.
  The scope of the area to be covered by the Rural Workforce Services Program will include all counties of the state not classified as standard ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.44; Duties of Rural Workforce Services Program.
  It shall be the direct responsibility of the Rural Workforce Services Program to promote and deliver employment and workforce services and resources to the rural ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.50; Displaced homemakers; multiservice programs; report to the Legislature; Displaced Homemaker Trust Fund created.
  (1) INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to require the Agency for Workforce Innovation to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.51; Displaced homemaker programs; discrimination prohibited.
  No person in this state shall, on the basis of sex, age, race, color, religion, or national origin, be excluded from participating in, be denied ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.52; Confidentiality of information.
  Information about displaced homemakers who receive services under ss. 446.50 and 446.51 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, by the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 446.60; Displaced local exchange telecommunications company workers; assistance.
  The 1Department of Labor and Employment Security shall provide assistance, pursuant to any applicable state or federal program within its jurisdiction, to any individual employed ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.01; Regulating labor unions; state policy.
  (1) Because of the activities of labor unions affecting the economic conditions of the country and the state, entering as they do into practically every ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.02; Definitions.
  The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: (1) The term "labor organization" means any ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.03; Employees' right of self-organization.
  Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor unions or labor organizations or to refrain from such activity, to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.04; Business agents; licenses, permits.
  (1) No person shall be granted a license or a permit to act as a business agent in the state: (a) Who has been convicted ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.041; Hearings.
  (1) Any person or labor organization denied a license, permit, or registration shall be afforded the opportunity for a hearing by the department in accordance ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.045; Information confidential.
  Neither the department nor any investigator or employee of the department shall divulge in any manner the information obtained pursuant to the processing of applicant ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.05; Initiation fees; limitation.
  Labor unions or labor organizations shall not charge an initiation fee in excess of the sum of $15; provided, that initiation fees in effect on ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.06; Registration of labor organizations required.
  (1) Every labor organization operating in the state shall make a report under oath, in writing, to the department annually, on or before December 31. ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.07; Records and accounts required to be kept.
  It shall be the duty of any and all labor organizations in this state to keep accurate books of accounts itemizing all receipts from whatsoever ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.08; Rights of members in armed forces.
  Any employee who is a member of any labor organization who, because of services with the Armed Forces of the United States, during time of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.09; Right of franchise preserved; penalties.
  It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To interfere with or prevent the right of franchise of any member of a labor organization. The ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.11; Actions and suits; labor organizations as parties.
  Any labor organization may maintain any action or suit in its commonly used name and shall be subject to any suit or action in its ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.12; Fees for registration.
  All fees collected by the department under this part shall be paid to the Chief Financial Officer and credited to the General Revenue ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.13; Right to strike preserved.
  Except as specifically provided in this chapter, nothing therein shall be construed so as to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.14; Penalties.
  Any person or labor organization who shall violate any of the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.15; Federal regulations recognized.
  All railway labor organizations and members thereof shall be exempt from all of the provisions of this chapter as long as they are regulated by ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.16; Applicability of chapter.
  Any labor business agent licensed on July 1, 1965, may renew such license each year on forms provided by the department without submitting fingerprints so ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.17; Civil remedy; injunctive relief.
  (1) Any person who may be denied employment or discriminated against in his or her employment on account of membership or nonmembership in any labor ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.201; Statement of policy.
  The public policy of this state, and the purpose of this part, is to provide statutory implementation of s. 6, Art. I of the State ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.203; Definitions.
  As used in this part: (1) "Commission" means the Public Employees Relations Commission created by s. 447.205. (2) "Public employer" or "employer" means the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.205; Public Employees Relations Commission.
  (1) The Public Employees Relations Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission," shall be composed of a chair and two full-time members to be ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.207; Commission; powers and duties.
  (1) The commission shall, in accordance with chapter 120, adopt, promulgate, amend, or rescind such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and administratively feasible ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.208; Procedure with respect to certain appeals under s. 447.207.
  (1) Any person filing an appeal pursuant to subsection (9) of s. 447.207 shall be entitled to a hearing pursuant to subsections (4) and (...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.2085; Commission rules concerning appeals under s. 447.207.
  The Public Employees Relations Commission shall promulgate rules concerning the receipt, processing, and resolution of appeals filed under subsections (8) and (9) of s. 447....
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.209; Public employer's rights.
  It is the right of the public employer to determine unilaterally the purpose of each of its constituent agencies, set standards of services to be ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.301; Public employees' rights; organization and representation.
  (1) Public employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in, or to refrain from forming, joining, or participating in, any employee organization ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.303; Dues; deduction and collection.
  Any employee organization which has been certified as a bargaining agent shall have the right to have its dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.305; Registration of employee organization.
  (1) Every employee organization seeking to become a certified bargaining agent for public employees shall register with the commission pursuant to the procedures set forth ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.307; Certification of employee organization.
  (1)(a) Any employee organization which is designated or selected by a majority of public employees in an appropriate unit as their representative for purposes ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.308; Revocation of certification of employee organization.
  (1) Any employee or group of employees which no longer desires to be represented by the certified bargaining agent may file with the commission a ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.309; Collective bargaining; approval or rejection.
  (1) After an employee organization has been certified pursuant to the provisions of this part, the bargaining agent for the organization and the chief executive ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.401; Grievance procedures.
  Each public employer and bargaining agent shall negotiate a grievance procedure to be used for the settlement of disputes between employer and employee, or group ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.403; Resolution of impasses.
  (1) If, after a reasonable period of negotiation concerning the terms and conditions of employment to be incorporated in a collective bargaining agreement, a dispute ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.405; Factors to be considered by the special magistrate.
  The special magistrate shall conduct the hearings and render recommended decisions with the objective of achieving a prompt, peaceful, and just settlement of disputes between ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.407; Compensation of mediator and special magistrate; expenses.
  The compensation of the mediator and special magistrate, and all stenographic and other expenses, shall be borne equally by the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.409; Records.
  All records that are relevant to, or have a bearing upon, any issue or issues raised by the proceedings conducted by the special magistrate shall ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.4095; Financial urgency.
  In the event of a financial urgency requiring modification of an agreement, the chief executive officer or his or her representative and the bargaining agent ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.501; Unfair labor practices.
  (1) Public employers or their agents or representatives are prohibited from: (a) Interfering with, restraining, or coercing public employees in the exercise of any rights ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.503; Charges of unfair labor practices.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission act as expeditiously as possible to settle disputes regarding alleged unfair labor practices. To this ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.5035; Enforcement of commission orders.
  In case of any failure by any employer, employee, or employee organization to comply with any order of the commission, upon application of the commission ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.504; Judicial review.
  (1) The district courts of appeal are empowered, upon the filing of appropriate notices of appeal, to review final orders of the commission pursuant to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.505; Strikes prohibited.
  No public employee or employee organization may participate in a strike against a public employer by instigating or supporting, in any manner, a strike. Any ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.507; Violation of strike prohibition; penalties.
  (1) Circuit courts having jurisdiction of the parties are vested with the authority to hear and determine all actions alleging violations of s. 447.505. ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.509; Other unlawful acts.
  (1) Employee organizations, their members, agents, or representatives, or any persons acting on their behalf are hereby prohibited from: (a) Soliciting public employees during working ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.51; Violations not a ground for municipal recall.
  Any violation of this part (Labor Organizations; Public Employees) shall not subject any person to municipal recall and shall not be considered as grounds for ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.601; Merit or civil service system; applicability.
  The provisions of this part shall not be construed to repeal, amend, or modify the provisions of any law or ordinance establishing a merit or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.603; Local option.
  (1) Any district school board or political subdivision, other than the state or a state public authority, may elect to adopt, by ordinance, resolution, or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.605; Public meetings and records law; exemptions and compliance.
  (1) All discussions between the chief executive officer of the public employer, or his or her representative, and the legislative body or the public employer ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.607; Commission rules; powers retained by the Legislature.
  The Legislature shall retain the right to approve, amend, or rescind all rules promulgated by the commission pursuant to this part. In the absence of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 447.609; Representation in proceedings.
  Any full-time employee or officer of any public employer or employee organization may represent his or her employer or any member of a bargaining ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.01; Legal day's work; extra pay.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.03; Threat of discharge to compel employee to trade with any particular firm or person; penalty.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.04; Penalty for officer or agent violating s. 448.03.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.045; Wrongful combinations against workers.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.05; Seats to be furnished for employees in stores; penalty.
  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, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.07; Wage rate discrimination based on sex prohibited.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.075; Employment discrimination on basis of sickle-cell trait prohibited.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.076; Mandatory screening or testing for sickle-cell trait prohibited.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.08; Attorney's fees for successful litigants in actions for unpaid wages.
  The court may award to the prevailing party in an action for unpaid wages costs of the action and a reasonable attorney's ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.09; Unauthorized aliens; employment prohibited.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to employ, hire, recruit, or refer, either for herself or himself or on behalf of another, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.101; Definitions.
  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, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.102; Prohibitions.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.103; Employee's remedy; relief.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.104; Attorney's fees and costs.
  A court may award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses to the prevailing ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.105; Existing rights.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.109; Notification of the state minimum wage.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.110; State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; enforcement.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.20; Short title.
  This part may be cited as the "Labor Pool ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.21; Legislative intent.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.22; Definitions.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.23; Exclusions.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.24; Duties and rights.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.25; Remedies; damages; costs.
  (1) Any worker aggrieved by a violation of s. 448.24 shall have the right to bring a civil action in a court of competent ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 448.26; Application.
  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) ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.001; Short title.
  Part I of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Labor ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.012; Definitions.
  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, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.021; Minimum age; general.
  (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....
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.045; Proof of age; posting of notices.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.061; Hazardous occupations prohibited; exemptions.
  (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, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.081; Hours of work in certain occupations.
  (1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger shall not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 7 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.095; Waivers.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.121; Enforcement of Child Labor Law.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.132; Employment of children by the entertainment industry; rules; procedures.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.141; Employing minor children in violation of law; penalties.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.151; Hiring and employing; infliction of pain or suffering; penalty.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.155; Funding of the Child Labor Law program.
  (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, ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.161; Chapter not to affect career education of children; other exceptions.
  Nothing in this chapter shall prevent minors of any age from receiving career education furnished by the United States, this state, or any county or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.165; Child labor law and farm labor accounts.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.175; Part title.
  This part may be cited as the "Alfredo Bahena ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.181; Definitions.
  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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.191; Executive Office of the Governor; powers and duties.
  (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 ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.201; Legislative Commission on Migrant and Seasonal Labor; membership; filling vacancies.
  (1) There is created a permanent joint committee of the Florida Legislature to be known as the Legislative Commission on Migrant and Seasonal Labor, to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.221; Duties and authority.
  (1) The duties and authority of the Legislative Commission on Migrant Labor shall be: (a) To maintain a continuing consultative examination and supervision of the ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.231; Annual reports to Legislature.
  The commission shall report its findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to each regular session of the Legislature no later than February 1 of each year ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.241; Commission; compensation.
  Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses and per diem as provided in s. 112.061. Expenses ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.251; Interstate Compact on Migrant Labor.
  The Governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with any one or more of ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.261; Interstate Migrant Labor Commission; Florida membership.
  In selecting the Florida membership of the Interstate Migrant Labor Commission, the Governor may designate the secretary of the Department of Community Affairs as his ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.27; Short title.
  This part shall be known by the popular name the "Farm Labor Contractor Registration ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.271; State administration of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
  The Department of Business and Professional Regulation may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Labor of the United States to authorize the department to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.28; Definitions.
  (1) "Farm labor contractor" means: (a) Any person who, for a fee or other valuable consideration, recruits, transports into or within the state, supplies, or ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.29; Exclusions.
  This part does not apply to: (1) Any person, or an immediate family member of such person, who is the owner or lessee of a ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.30; Requirement of certificate of registration; education and examination program.
  (1) No person may act as a farm labor contractor until a certificate of registration has been issued to him or her by the department ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.31; Issuance, revocation, and suspension of, and refusal to issue or renew, certificate of registration.
  (1) The department shall not issue to any person a certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, nor shall it renew such certificate, until: (...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.321; Best practices incentive program for farm labor contractors.
  (1) To promote compliance with this part, and to help the public identify farm labor contractors who have demonstrated a firm commitment to responsible and ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.33; Duties of farm labor contractor.
  Every farm labor contractor must: (1) Carry his or her certificate of registration with him or her at all times and exhibit it to all ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.34; Prohibited acts of farm labor contractor.
  A licensee may not: (1) Make any misrepresentation or false statement in his or her application for a certificate of registration. (2) Make or cause ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.35; Certain contracts or employment prohibited.
  It is unlawful for any person to contract with or employ any farm labor contractor as defined in this act, for matters relating to farm ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.36; Rules and regulations.
  The department may adopt rules necessary to enforce and administer this ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.37; Cooperation with state and federal agencies.
  The department shall, whenever appropriate, cooperate with any federal agency. The department may cooperate with and enter into agreements with any other state agency to ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.38; Enforcement of farm labor laws.
  (1) Any person, firm, association, or corporation not excluded under s. 450.29 that commits a minor violation of this part and, upon conviction, is ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 450.39; Prohibition against required purchase; prohibition against excessive charges.
  (1) A farm labor contractor may not require any farmworker to purchase goods or services solely from such farm labor contractor or from a person ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 452.01; Common carrier not to require employee to furnish surety bond of certain company.
  No common carrier authorized to do business in this state, when requiring of an employee that he or she give it a bond or undertaking ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 452.02; Foreign corporations as surety.
  No common carrier authorized to do business in this state, when requiring of any employee that he or she give it a bond or undertaking ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 452.03; Bond to cover definite term; cancellation; proviso.
  Every bond or undertaking of any nature whatsoever given by an employee of any common carrier authorized to do business in this state shall be ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 452.04; Bonds violating chapter void.
  Any bond, contract, or undertaking made in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be ...
• Florida Labor Code Section 452.05; Violation of regulations as to employment bonds; penalty.
  Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided ...

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