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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to employment and curfew of minors; 2
amending s. 450.081, F.S.; revising certain employment 3
restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; 4
revising the age at which certain employment 5
restrictions apply; amending s. 877.25, F.S.; 6
requiring a curfew adopted by county or municipal 7
ordinance to include certain exceptions; providing an 8
effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended 13
to read: 14
450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations. — 15
(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may shall not be 16
employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 17
7 p.m. when school is scheduled the following day or for more 18
than 15 hours in any one week. On any school day, minors 15 19
years of age or younger who are not enrolled in a career 20
education program may shall not be gainfully employed for more 21
than 3 hours, unless there is no session of school the following 22
day. 23
(b) During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 years 24
of age or younger may shall not be employed, permitted, or 25
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suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 26
hours in any one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week. 27
(2) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may shall not be 28
employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 6:00 6:30 a.m. 29
or after 11:00 p.m. or for more than 8 hours in any one day when 30
school is scheduled t he following day. When school is in 31
session, minors 16 and 17 years of age shall not work more than 32
30 hours in any one week. On any school day, minors 16 and 17 33
years of age who are not enrolled in a career education program 34
may shall not be gainfully emp loyed during school hours unless 35
the minor is in a home education program, is enrolled in an 36
approved virtual instruction program, or the student no longer 37
attends school pursuant to s. 1003.21 . 38
(3) Minors 15 17 years of age or younger may shall not be 39
employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful 40
occupation for more than 6 consecutive days in any one week. 41
(4) Minors 15 17 years of age or younger may shall not be 42
employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 43
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 44
meal period; and for the purposes of this law, a no period of 45
less than 30 minutes is not shall be deemed to interrupt a 46
continuous period of work. Minors 16 or 17 years of age must be 47
granted breaks and meal pe riods in the same manner as similarly 48
permitted for employees who are 18 years of age or older. 49
(5) The provisions of Subsections (1)-(4) do shall not 50
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apply to: 51
(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age who have graduated from 52
high school or received a high sc hool equivalency diploma. 53
(b) Minors who are within the compulsory school attendance 54
age limit who hold a valid certificate of exemption issued by 55
the school superintendent or his or her designee pursuant to the 56
provisions of s. 1003.21(3). 57
(c) Minors enrolled in a public educational institution 58
who qualify on a hardship basis such as economic necessity or 59
family emergency. Such determination shall be made by The school 60
superintendent or his or her designee shall make such 61
determination and issue , and a waiver of hours shall be issued 62
to the minor and the employer. The form and contents thereof 63
shall be prescribed by the department. 64
(d) Minors Children in domestic service in private homes, 65
minors children employed by their parents, or pages in the 66
Florida Legislature. 67
(6) The presence of a any minor in any place of employment 68
during working hours is shall be prima facie evidence of his or 69
her employment therein. 70
(7) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may be employed, 71
permitted, or suffered to work the same number of hours as a 72
person who is 18 years of age or older. 73
Section 2. Section 877.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to 74
read: 75
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877.25 Local ordinance required; effect. —Sections 877.20-76
877.24 do not apply in a co unty or municipality unless the 77
governing body of the county or municipality adopts an ordinance 78
that incorporates by reference the provisions of ss. 877.20-79
877.24. Sections 877.20 -877.24 do not preclude county or 80
municipal ordinances regulating the presen ce of minors, as 81
defined in s. 450.012(3), in public places and establishments 82
which provide restrictions more stringent or less stringent than 83
the curfew imposed under s. 877.22. However, a curfew adopted by 84
a county or municipal ordinance must also inclu de the exceptions 85
contained in s. 877.24. 86
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 87