On December 11, 2018, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners passed an amendment to the Broward County Living Wage Ordinance. The new law raises the minimum hourly pay for employees of service contractors and subcontractors who provide covered services pursuant to a Broward County service contract exceeding $100,000 per year, or covered airport services. Read more
Update to Florida Minimum Wage Notice Effective January 1, 2019! 2019 Florida Minimum Wage Peel ‘N Post™ Florida All-On-One Labor Law Poster™ What’s new? Florida Minimum Wage notice updated with 2019 rate! Available on the Florida All-On-One™ Labor Law Poster or as a cost-effective Peel ‘N Post™ update sticker! What’s changed? The Florida Minimum Wage notice provides Read more
On January 1, 2019, 20 states, including the state of Florida, are set to increase the minimum wage. Employers are required to pay employees at least the new minimum wage rate and post a notice in the workplace to inform employees of their right to receive the minimum wage. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has Read more
On January 1, 2019, the minimum wage will rise in 20 states and on the federal level for employees of federal contractors. While state-level minimum wages remain a popular solution for regional cost-of-living differences, municipal minimum wages are increasingly seen as a remedy for cost-of-living differences between cities and counties within an individual state. 20 Read more
On January 1, 2018, the minimum wage increased in 18 states, an even greater number of municipalities, and on the federal level for employees of federal contractors. Employers were required to pay employees at the updated hourly wage rate and, in many cases, update their outdated workplace posters with a 2018 minimum wage poster. While Read more
Under a new ruling, law-abiding private employers in the Sunshine State can now feel a bit more secure even when their employees don’t. In February of 2017, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida held in the case of Graddy v. Wal-Mart Stores East that the Florida Whistleblower Act (FWA), which Read more
Effective January 1, 2017, Florida’s Broward County has updated its Living Wage notice. This poster is required to be prominently posted at job sites operated by service providers operating in Broward County that have been awarded a living wage contract. The living wage which must be paid differs depending on whether or not the employer Read more
Starting December 01, 2016, workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida are set to rise by an average of 14.5 percent statewide. The rate increase is intended to offset the impact of recent legally-mandated revisions to the Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, as well as two recent Florida Supreme Court decisions which overturned Read more
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity recently announced Florida’s 2017 minimum wage rate. Effective January 1, 2017, the minimum wage for workers state-wide will increase by five cents, bringing the rate up to $8.10 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.08 per hour for tipped employees. Like several other states, Florida’s minimum wage is tied Read more
Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott, signed an important Executive Order outlining use of the E-Verify System for the public and private employers in the state. As you may know federal law requires employers to employ only individuals eligible to work in the United States and the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify System allows employers too quickly Read more
