Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0049 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 01/11/2024

                       
 
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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 
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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