Bill Text: FL S1596 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Employment of Minors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Regulated Industries [S1596 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1596-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1596 By Senator Burgess 23-00392B-24 20241596__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the employment of minors; amending 3 s. 450.081, F.S.; removing certain employment 4 restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; 5 revising the age at which certain employment 6 restrictions apply; authorizing the Department of 7 Business and Professional Regulation to grant waivers 8 of certain employment restrictions; specifying 9 applicable penalties for noncompliant employers; 10 making technical changes; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to 15 read: 16 450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations.— 17 (1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger mayshallnot be 18 employed, permitted, or suffered to work: 19 1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is scheduled 20 the following day.Or21 2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is in 22 session. 23 (b) On any school day, minors 15 years of age or younger 24 who are not enrolled in a career education program mayshallnot 25 be gainfully employed for more than 3 hours, unless there is no 26 session of school the following day. 27 (c)(b)During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 28 years of age or younger mayshallnot be employed, permitted, or 29 suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 30 hours in any one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week. 31 (2)(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age mayshallnot be 32 employed, permitted, or suffered to work: 33 1. Before 5:30 a.m.6:30 a.m.or after 12 a.m.11:00 p.m.34 when school is scheduled the following day.or35 2. For more than 8 hours in any one day when school is 36 scheduled the following day, except when the day of work is on a 37 holiday or Sunday. 38 3. For more than 30 hours in any one week when school is in 39 session, minors 16 and 17 years of age shall not work more than4030 hours in any one week. 41 (b) On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who 42 are not enrolled in a career education program mayshallnot be 43 gainfully employed during school hours. 44 (3) Minors 1517years of age or younger mayshallnot be 45 employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful 46 occupation for more than 6 consecutive days in any one week. 47 (4) Minors 1517years of age or younger mayshallnot be 48 employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours 49 continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a 50 meal period; and for the purposes of this law, anoperiod of 51 less than 30 minutes is notshall bedeemed to interrupt a 52 continuous period of work. 53 (5)The provisions ofSubsections (1)-(4) doshallnot 54 apply to: 55 (a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age who have graduated from 56 high school or received a high school equivalency diploma. 57 (b) Minors who are within the compulsory school attendance 58 age limit and who hold a valid certificate of exemption issued 59 by the school superintendent or his or her designee pursuant to 60the provisions ofs. 1003.21(3). 61 (c) Minors enrolled in ana publiceducational institution 62 who qualify on a hardship basis, such as economic necessity or 63 family emergency.Such determination shall be made byThe school 64 superintendent or his or her designee shall make such 65 determination and issue, anda waiver of hoursshall be issued66 to the minor and the employer. The form and contents thereof 67 shall be prescribed by the department. 68 (d) Minors 16 and 17 years of age who are in a home 69 education program or are enrolled in an approved virtual 70 instruction program in which the minor is separated from the 71 teacher by time only. 72 (e) MinorsChildrenin domestic service in private homes, 73 minorschildrenemployed by their parents, or pages in the 74 Florida Legislature. 75 (6) The department may grant a waiver of the restrictions 76 imposed by this section pursuant to s. 450.095. 77 (7)(6)The presence of aanyminor in any place of 78 employment during working hours isshall beprima facie evidence 79 of his or her employment therein. 80 (8) An employer who requires, schedules, or otherwise 81 causes a minor to be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in 82 violation of this section commits a violation of the law, 83 punishable as provided in s. 450.141. 84 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.