Florida 2025 Regular Session

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14	14		A bill to be entitled 1
15	15		An act relating to employment; repealing ss. 2 and 3 2
16	16		of chapter 2024-80, Laws of Florida, which prohibit 3
17	17		political subdivisions from maintaining a minimum wage 4
18	18		other than a state or federal minimum wage and provide 5
19	19		construction, respectively; amending s. 218.077, F.S.; 6
20	20		prohibiting political subdivisions from maintaining a 7
21	21		minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum 8
22	22		wage; prohibiting political subdivisions from 9
23	23		controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences based 10
24	24		on the wages or employment benefits of entities doing 11
25	25		business with the political subdivision; revising and 12
26	26		providing applicability; amending s. 450.081, F.S.; 13
27	27		revising certain employment restricti ons for specified 14
28	28		minors; revising the age at which certain employment 15
29	29		restrictions do not apply, except in accordance with 16
30	30		federal law; revising the exceptions to certain work 17
31	31		restrictions; removing the authority of the Department 18
32	32		of Business and Professi onal Regulation to grant a 19
33	33		waiver of employment restrictions; providing effective 20
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36	36		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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38	38		Section 1. Sections 2 and 3 of chapter 2024 -80, Laws of 25
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51	51		Florida, are repealed. 26
52	52		Section 2. Effective September 30, 2025, subsection (2) 27
53	53		and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 218.077, Florida 28
54	54		Statutes, are amended to read: 29
55	55		218.077 Wage and employment benefits requirements by 30
56	56		political subdivisions; restrictions. — 31
57	57		(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a 32
58	58		political subdivision may not establish, mandate, maintain, or 33
59	59		otherwise require an employer to pay a minimum wage, other than 34
60	60		a state or federal minimum wage, to apply a state or federal 35
61	61		minimum wage to wages exempt from a state or federal minimum 36
62	62		wage, or to provide employment benefits not otherwise required 37
63	63		by state or federal law. 38
64	64		(b) A political subdivision may not through its purchasing 39
65	65		or contracting procedures seek to control or affect the wages or 40
66	66		employment benefits provided by its vendors, contractors, 41
67	67		service providers, or other parties doing business with the 42
68	68		political subdivision. 43
69	69		(c) A political subdivision may not through the use of 44
70	70		evaluation factors, qualification of bidders, or otherwise, 45
71	71		award preferences on the basis of wages or employment benefits 46
72	72		provided by vendors, contractors, service providers, or other 47
73	73		parties doing business with the political subdivision. 48
74	74		(3) This section does not: 49
75	75		(a) Limit the authority of a political subdivision to 50
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88	88		establish a minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum 51
89	89		wage or to provide employment benefits not otherwise required 52
90	90		under state or federal law: 53
91	91		1. For the employees of the political subdivision; or 54
92	92		2. For the employees of an employer contracting to provide 55
93	93		goods or services for the political subdivision, or for the 56
94	94		employees of a subcontractor of such an employer, under the 57
95	95		terms of a contract with the political subdivision; or 58
96	96		2.3. For the employees of an employer receiving a direct 59
97	97		tax abatement or subsidy from the political subdivision, as a 60
98	98		condition of the direct tax abatement or subsidy. 61
99	99		Section 3. The amendments made by this act to s. 218.077, 62
100	100		Florida Statutes, do not impair any contract entered into before 63
101	101		September 30, 2025. 64
102	102		Section 4. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended 65
103	103		to read: 66
104	104		450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations. — 67
105	105		(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be 68
106	106		employed, permitted, or suffered to work: 69
107	107		1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is sc heduled 70
108	108		the following day. 71
109	109		2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is 72
110	110		in session. 73
111	111		(b) On any school day, minors 15 years of age or younger 74
112	112		who are not enrolled in a career education program may not be 75
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125	125		gainfully employed for more than 3 ho urs, unless there is no 76
126	126		session of school the following day. 77
127	127		(c) During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 years 78
128	128		of age or younger may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to 79
129	129		work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 hours in any 80
130	130		one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week. 81
131	131		(2)(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may not be employed, 82
132	132		permitted, or suffered to work : 83
133	133		1. before 6:30 a.m. or after 10 11 p.m. when school is 84
134	134		scheduled the following day. 85
135	135		2. For more than 8 hours in a ny one day when school is 86
136	136		scheduled the following day, except when the day of work is on a 87
137	137		holiday or Sunday. 88
138	138		3. For more than 30 hours in any one week when school is 89
139	139		in session. However, a minor's parent or custodian, or the 90
140	140		school superintendent or his or her designee, may waive the 91
141	141		limitation imposed in this subparagraph on a form prescribed by 92
142	142		the department and provided to the minor's employer. 93
143	143		(b) On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who 94
144	144		are not enrolled in a career education program m ay not be 95
145	145		gainfully employed during school hours. 96
146	146		(3) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be employed, 97
147	147		permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful occupation for 98
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149	149		(4) Minors 15 years of age or younge r may not be employed, 100
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162	162		permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 101
163	163		continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 102
164	164		meal period; and for the purposes of this section law, a period 103
165	165		of less than 30 minutes is not deemed to interrupt a c ontinuous 104
166	166		period of work. Minors 16 and 17 years of age who are employed, 105
167	167		permitted, or suffered to work for 8 hours or more in any one 106
168	168		day as authorized by this section may not be employed, 107
169	169		permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 108
170	170		continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 109
171	171		meal period. 110
172	172		(5) Subsections (1) -(4), except in accordance with federal 111
173	173		law, do not apply to: 112
174	174		(a) Minors 14, 15, 16, and 17 years of age who have 113
175	175		graduated from high school or received a high school equ ivalency 114
176	176		diploma. 115
177	177		(b) Minors who are within the compulsory school attendance 116
178	178		age limit and who hold a valid certificate of exemption issued 117
179	179		by the school superintendent or his or her designee pursuant to 118
180	180		s. 1003.21(3). 119
181	181		(c) Minors enrolled in a public an educational institution 120
182	182		who qualify on a hardship basis, such as economic necessity or 121
183	183		family emergency. The school superintendent or his or her 122
184	184		designee shall make such determination and issue a waiver of 123
185	185		hours to the minor and the employer. The form a nd contents 124
186	186		thereof shall be prescribed by the department. 125
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199	199		(d) Minors 14, 15, 16, and 17 years of age who are in a 126
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201	201		instruction program in which the minor is separated from the 128
202	202		teacher by time only. 129
203	203		(e) Minors in domestic service in private homes, minors 130
204	204		employed by their parents, or pages in the Florida Legislature. 131
205	205		(6) The department may grant a waiver of the restrictions 132
206	206		imposed by this section pursuant to s. 450.095. 133
207	207		(6)(7) The presence of a minor in any place of employment 134
208	208		during working hours is prima facie evidence of his or her 135
209	209		employment therein. 136
210	210		(7)(8) A violation of this section is An employer who 137
211	211		requires, schedules, or otherwise causes a minor to be employed, 138
212	212		permitted, or suffered to work in violation of this section 139
213	213		commits a violation of the law, punishable as provided in s. 140
214	214		450.141. 141
215	215		Section 5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 142
216	216		act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 143