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Miami-Dade County Enacts "Wage Theft" Ordinance.
Miami-Dade has become the first county in the nation to adopt a countywide wage theft law, although it likely will not be the last. The Ordinance, which became effective on March 1, 2010, applies to private sector employees and employers, prohibits wage theft, and provides administrative procedures and private causes of action. An employer found to be in violation of the wage theft Ordinance will be required to pay the actual administrative processing and hearing costs as well as restitution to the employee, which would include back wages owed as well as liquidated damages of double that amount and possibly treble damages.
