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Employment law in United States — Florida

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

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  Florida Statutes § 440.191 — Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office.

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  This section creates an Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office to help workers, employers, carriers, and others resolve workers’ compensation disputes, and it sets cooperation, submission, and representation limits.

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  Florida Statutes § 238.11 — Collection of contributions.

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  Employers must deduct member contributions from salary, set aside the employer contribution, and send monthly warrants to the Department of Management Services.

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  Florida Statutes § 316.1577 — Employer responsibility for violations pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.

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  An employer must not knowingly let, require, permit, or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of railroad-highway grade crossing laws or rules.

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  Florida Statutes § 440.49 — Limitation of liability for subsequent injury through Special Disability Trust Fund.

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  This section lets eligible employers get reimbursement from the Special Disability Trust Fund, but only if the statutory conditions are met.

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  Florida Statutes § 943.139 — Notice of employment, appointment, or separation; response by the officer; duty of commission.

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  Employing agencies must promptly notify the commission about officer hiring or separation and keep and send the required forms; separated officers may respond in writing, and later agencies must ask the commission about prior separation facts.

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  Florida Statutes § 456.36 — Health care professionals; exemption from disqualification from employment or contracting.

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  The appropriate regulatory board, or the department when there is no board, may grant an exemption from disqualification from employment or contracting for a person under its licensing jurisdiction.

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  Florida Statutes § 443.17161 — Authorized electronic access to employer information.

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  The Department of Commerce must contract for secured electronic access to employer wage information, and users must get written or electronic consent before accessing it.

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  Florida Statutes § 443.036 — Definitions.

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  This section defines terms used in the chapter, including “able to work,” “agricultural labor,” “casual labor,” and “American employer,” and gives the Department of Commerce limited rulemaking power.

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  Florida Statutes § 440.02 — Definitions.

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  This section defines terms used in the workers’ compensation chapter.

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  Florida Statutes § 440.101 — Legislative intent; drug-free workplaces.

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  Florida law says an employer in a qualifying drug-free workplace program may require drug or alcohol testing, and the program must notify employees that using drugs or alcohol at work is a condition of employment violation.

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  Florida Statutes § 443.211 — Employment Security Administration Trust Fund; appropriation; reimbursement.

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  The section creates two trust funds, controls how their money is handled, and assigns reporting, approval, payment, and reimbursement duties to state officials.

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  Florida Statutes § 443.141 — Collection of contributions and reimbursements.

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  This section sets interest, penalties, payment deadlines, lien enforcement, and refund procedures for unpaid contributions and reimbursements.

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  Florida Statutes § 717.1400 — Registration.

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  Certain private investigators, Florida-certified public accountants, and attorneys must register with the department and submit specified information to do claimant-representative work and receive related distributions. They must update the department after material changes, and some renewal or status-change notices ar

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  Florida Statutes § 945.035 — Notice of employment, appointment, or separation; response by the correctional officer; duty of department.

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  The department must notify and send forms to the commission about a correctional officer’s hiring, appointment, separation, and related separation details. An officer separated from service may respond in writing, and false execution of the affidavit can be a second-degree misdemeanor.

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  Florida Statutes § 943.17191 — Continued employment training relating to the use of electronic databases.

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  The commission must require continued-employment training on authorized access to, use of, and misuse penalties for electronic databases used by law enforcement officers.

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  Florida Statutes § 943.17299 — Continued employment training relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.

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  The department must create an online training component about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

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  Florida Statutes § 943.1716 — Continued employment training relating to diverse populations.

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  The commission must require officers to get training on interpersonal skills for diverse populations, with emphasis on cultural awareness.

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  Florida Statutes § 446.71 — Everglades Restoration Agricultural Community Employment Training Program.

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  The Department of Commerce must run a training program, fund eligible grants and agreements, and follow limits on grant amounts.

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  Florida Statutes § 443.101 — Disqualification for benefits.

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  This section disqualifies an individual from reemployment assistance benefits in several situations, including quitting without good cause, misconduct, refusing suitable work, false statements, certain labor disputes, incarceration, and other listed grounds.

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  Florida Statutes § 393.0674 — Penalties.

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  This section makes certain willful, knowing, or intentional misconduct a crime, including false disclosure in employment applications, using noncompliant direct service providers, and misusing criminal, abuse hotline, or juvenile records.

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