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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 111

        By Representative Rodriguez-Chomat






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to general labor regulations;

  3         creating s. 448.055, F.S.; creating the

  4         "Florida Minimum Wage Act"; providing

  5         definitions; requiring employers to provide

  6         certain breaks for each employee during each

  7         8-hour work period; providing for a minimum

  8         wage; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 448.055, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         448.055  Florida Minimum Wage Act.--

15         (1)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:

16         (a)  "Employee" means any individual employed by an

17  employer, including individuals employed by the state, its

18  political subdivisions, or agencies and instrumentalities

19  thereof.

20         (b)  "Employer" means any person who employs two or

21  more employees.

22         (c)  "Wages" means and includes all compensation paid

23  by an employer or his agent for the performance of service by

24  an employee, including the cash value of all compensation paid

25  in any medium other than cash.

26         (2)  APPLICATION OF SECTION.--This section shall apply

27  to every employer who is not governed by any federal minimum

28  age law.

29         (3)  REQUIRED MINIMUM BREAKS.--Every employer governed

30  by the provisions of this section shall provide a minimum of

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  1  two 15-minute breaks and one 30-minute break in each 8-hour

  2  work period for each employee.

  3         (4)  MINIMUM WAGE REQUIRED.--Each employer governed by

  4  the provisions of this section shall pay a minimum of $3.50

  5  per hour for each hour of employment for each employee.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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  9                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the "Florida Minimum Wage Act" to require
11    employers in Florida who are not governed by any federal
      minimum wage law to provide each employee with two
12    15-minute breaks and one 30-minute break in each 8-hour
      work period and to provide for a minimum wage of $3.50
13    per hour.

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