http://www.elinfonet.com/starticles/10 Articles discussing workplace law in Florida. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:02:53 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3811 Article: 3811 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Executive Summary: Florida's minimum wage rate increases to $7.67 per hour, effective January 1, 2012. Because this is higher than the current federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour, covered employers will be required to comply with the higher state minimum wage. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3721 Article: 3721 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that the Florida minimum wage will increase to $7.67 per hour effective January 1, 2012. This is an increase from Florida's current minimum wage of $7.31 per hour, which became effective June 1, 2011, in response to a Florida Circuit Court decision issued earlier this year. Florida's minimum wage is generally recalculated yearly on September 30, based on the Consumer Price Index. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3686 Article: 3686 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) On November 2, 2004, Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment that created Florida’s minimum wage. The minimum wage applies to all employees in the state who are covered by the federal minimum wage. Florida law requires a new minimum wage calculation each year on September 30, based on the Consumer Price Index. If that calculation is higher than the federal rate, the state’s rate then would take effect the following January. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3606 Article: 3606 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Executive Summary: Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed new unemployment compensation legislation broadening the meaning of misconduct and adding additional requirements claimants must meet to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3441 Article: 3441 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Effective June 1, 2011, Florida's minimum wage will increase to $7.31 per hour. Because this is higher than the current federal minimum wage rate, covered employers will be required to comply with the higher state minimum wage. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3438 Article: 3438 Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In response to a recent Circuit Court decision, the State of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) has announced that, effective June 1, 2011, the Florida minimum wage will increase to $7.31 per hour. With this increase, Florida will once again exceed the federal minimum wage, and employers operating within the State will be required to comply with the higher standar http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3437 Article: 3437 Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) A Florida circuit court judge in Tallahassee on May 3 ordered state officials to recalculate the minimum wage to $7.31 per hour for 2011, after finding that the state violated the Florida Constitution by reducing the rate because of deflation (Cadet v. Agency for Workforce Innovation, Fla. Cir. Ct., No. 2011-CA-0072, 5/3/11). In a two-page order, Judge Terry P. Lewis of the Florida Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, also ordered the Agency for Workforce Innovation to publish a notice of the hike and enjoined the state agency from “continuing to withhold” the greater rate. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3427 Article: 3427 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Florida legislature amended Florida Statute 409.175, the law related to screening requirements for summer camps operated in Florida, effective in August 2010. In essence, the new statute provides Florida's Department of Children and Families with the authority to adopt rules relating to the screening requirements for "summer day camps" and "summer 24-hour camps." Though no rules have been adopted as of yet, the statute itself creates a Level 2 background screening requirement (as defined in Fla. Stat. 435) for all "summer day camp" and "summer 24-hour camp" "personnel." http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3333 Article: 3333 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Florida's newly elected governor, Rick Scott, has mandated that Florida state agencies use the E-Verify federal database to confirm the immigration status of public workers making Florida the 14th state to require that government and contractor employers use the controversial federal verification system. Governor Scott's order will revamp the way agencies under his control do business in Florida, forcing them and the contractors they employ to use the E-Verify system. Governor Scott's order does not apply to the private sector. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?stateID=3327 Article: 3327 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In one of his first official acts after being sworn into office, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an Executive Order (EO 11-02) requiring all agencies under the direction of the Governor to use the federal E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of their current and prospective employees. EO 11-02 imposes similar E-Verify requirements on state contractors and encourages agencies not under the direction of the Governor to use the E-Verify system. A copy of the Order, signed January 4, 2010, is available at http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/scott.eo_.two_.pdf. EO 11-02 is effective immediately.