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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the employment of minors; amending 2
s. 450.081, F.S.; authorizing certain minors to be 3
employed, permitted, or suffered to work during a 4
specified timeframe; revising the time at which 5
certain minors may not work after on certain days; 6
removing certain employment restrictions for minors 16 7
and 17 years of age; revising the age at which certain 8
employment restrictions do not apply, unless ot herwise 9
required by federal law; revising the exceptions to 10
certain work restrictions; removing the authority of 11
the Department of Business and Professional Regulation 12
to grant a waiver of employment restrictions; 13
providing an effective date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended 18
to read: 19
450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations. — 20
(1) In accordance with federal law, a minor may be 21
employed, permitted, or suffered to work beginning the summer 22
vacation of the calendar year in which he or she turns 14 years 23
of age. 24
(2)(a)(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be 25
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employed, permitted, or suffered to work: 26
1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is sch eduled 27
the following day. 28
2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is 29
in session. 30
(b) On any school day, minors 15 years of age or younger 31
who are not enrolled in a career education program may not be 32
gainfully employed for more than 3 hou rs, unless there is no 33
session of school the following day. 34
(c) During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 years 35
of age or younger may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to 36
work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 hours in any 37
one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week. 38
(3)(2)(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may not be 39
employed, permitted, or suffered to work : 40
1. before 6:30 a.m. or after 10 11 p.m. when school is 41
scheduled the following day. 42
2. For more than 8 hours in any one day when school is 43
scheduled the following day, except when the day of work is on a 44
holiday or Sunday. 45
3. For more than 30 hours in any one week when school is 46
in session. However, a minor's parent or custodian, or the 47
school superintendent or h is or her designee, may waive the 48
limitation imposed in this subparagraph on a form prescribed by 49
the department and provided to the minor's employer. 50
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(b) On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who 51
are not enrolled in a career education program may not be 52
gainfully employed during school hours. 53
(4)(3) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be 54
employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful 55
occupation for more than 6 consecutive days in any one week. 56
(5)(4) Minors 15 years of age o r younger may not be 57
employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 58
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 59
meal period; and for the purposes of this section law, a period 60
of less than 30 minutes is not deemed to inter rupt a continuous 61
period of work. Minors 16 and 17 years of age who are employed, 62
permitted, or suffered to work for 8 hours or more in any one 63
day as authorized by this section may not be employed, 64
permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 65
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 66
meal period. 67
(6)(5) Unless otherwise required by federal law, 68
subsections (2)-(5) (1)-(4) do not apply to: 69
(a) Minors 14 16 and 15 17 years of age who have graduated 70
from high school or received a high school equivalency diploma. 71
(b) Minors 14 and 15 years of age who are within the 72
compulsory school attendance age limit and who hold a valid 73
certificate of exemption issued by the school superintendent or 74
his or her designee pursuant to s. 1003.2 1(3). 75
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(c) Minors enrolled in a public an educational institution 76
who qualify on a hardship basis, such as economic necessity or 77
family emergency. The school superintendent or his or her 78
designee shall make such determination and issue a waiver of 79
hours to the minor and the employer. The form and contents 80
thereof shall be prescribed by the department. 81
(d) Minors 14 16 and 15 17 years of age who are in a home 82
education program or are enrolled in an approved virtual 83
instruction program in which the minor i s separated from the 84
teacher by time only. 85
(e) Minors in domestic service in private homes, minors 86
employed by their parents, or pages in the Florida Legislature. 87
(6) The department may grant a waiver of the restrictions 88
imposed by this section pursuan t to s. 450.095. 89
(7) The presence of a minor in any place of employment 90
during working hours is prima facie evidence of his or her 91
employment therein. 92
(8) A violation of this section is An employer who 93
requires, schedules, or otherwise causes a minor t o be employed, 94
permitted, or suffered to work in violation of this section 95
commits a violation of the law, punishable as provided in s. 96
450.141. 97
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 98