Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
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             04/29/2011 09:29 AM       .                                
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       Senator Gaetz moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 59 - 77
    4  and insert:
    5         (4)(a) On or after July 1, 2011, a unit of government that
    6  enters into a contract or employment agreement, or the renewal
    7  or renegotiation of an existing contract or employment
    8  agreement, which contains a provision for severance pay with an
    9  officer, agent, employee, or contractor, must include the
   10  following provisions in the contract:
   11         1. A requirement that severance pay provided may not exceed
   12  an amount greater than 6 weeks of compensation.
   13         2. A prohibition against the provision of severance pay if
   14  the officer, agent, employee, or contractor has been fired for
   15  misconduct, as defined in s. 443.036, or for other cause by the
   16  unit of government.
   17         (b) On or after July 1, 2011, an officer, agent, employee,
   18  or contractor may receive severance pay not provided for in a
   19  contract or employment agreement if the severance pay represents
   20  the settlement of an employment dispute. Such severance pay may
   21  not exceed an amount greater than 6 weeks of compensation. The
   22  settlement may not include provisions that limit the ability of
   23  any party to the settlement to discuss the dispute or
   24  settlement.
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   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 6 - 9
   29  and insert:
   30         the conditions for paying bonuses; requiring contracts
   31         that provide for severance pay to include certain
   32         provisions after a certain date; allowing for
   33         severance pay under specified circumstances; defining
   34         the term “severance pay”;