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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to minimum wage requirements; amending 2
s. 448.110, F.S.; providing that an employer is not 3
subject to state minimum wage requirements for 4
specified employees; prohibiting certain work -based 5
learning opportunities from lasting longer than a 6
specified amount of time; authorizing employees to 7
voluntarily opt out of the state minimum wage 8
requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an 9
employer from coercing an employee into opting out of 10
the state minimum wage; providing requirements in 11
order for the waiver to be effective for a minor 12
employee; requiring employers to pay an employee at or 13
above the federal minimum wage; providing that an 14
employee's waiver to opt out of the state minimum wage 15
is only valid for a specified timeframe; providing 16
severability; providing an effective date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 448.110, Florida 21
Statutes, is amended to read: 22
448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; 23
enforcement.— 24
(3)(a) Employers shall pay employees a minimum wage at an 25
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hourly rate of $6.15 for all hours worked in Florida. Only those 26
individuals entitled to receive the federal minimum wage under 27
the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and its 28
implementing regulations shall be eligible to receive the state 29
minimum wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution 30
and this section. The provisions of ss. 213 and 214 of the 31
federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as interpreted by applicable 32
federal regulations and implemented by the Secretary of Labor, 33
are incorporated herein. 34
(b) An employer is not subject to the state minimum wage 35
requirements of this section for an employee who is in a 36
structured work-study, internship, preapprenticeship, or other 37
similar work-based learning opportunity and who opts out of 38
receiving the minimum wage. However, such work -based learning 39
opportunity may not last longer than 9 months or two full -time 40
semesters, consisting of at least 15 credit hours each. 41
(c) An employee may opt out of receiving the state minimum 42
wage by voluntarily signing a waiver of his or her right to the 43
state minimum wage established under this subsection. The waiver 44
must state that the employee acknowledges his or her right to 45
the state minimum wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State 46
Constitution and this section and that the employee is knowingly 47
and voluntarily choosing to receive a lesser amount for his or 48
her work-based learning opportunity as described in paragraph 49
(b). An employer may n ot coerce an employee to opt out of 50
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receiving the state minimum wage. If the employee is younger 51
than 18 years of age, in order for the waiver to be effective, 52
the employee's parent or guardian must have agreed and signed 53
the waiver on behalf of the minor employee at the minor 54
employee's request. 55
(d) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), an 56
employer must pay an employee a wage at or above the federal 57
minimum wage. 58
(e) An employee's waiver to opt out of the state minimum 59
wage under this subsectio n is only valid for 9 months after the 60
date his or her employment with the employer begins. Thereafter, 61
the employee must be paid at or above the state minimum wage 62
regardless of his or her position or job title with the 63
employer. 64
(f) If any provision of this subsection or its application 65
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that provision or 66
its application is severable and does not affect the validity of 67
the other provisions or applications of this subsection. 68
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 69