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Florida Minimum Wage
According to Florida’s Title XXXI Labor, Chapter 448 General Labor Regulations, Section 448.110, the ‘Department of Revenue’ and the ‘Department of Commerce’ are responsible for annually publishing the adjusted state ‘minimum wage’ and its effective date. This information must be posted on their respective websites by October 15.
Further, if Florida’s “Department of Commerce” receives funding from the ‘General Appropriations Act,’ it must also notify all employers listed in the most recent ‘reemployment assistance database’ in writing of the “adjusted state minimum wage and its effective date.” These notices must be mailed by November 15 of each year, and employers are responsible for keeping their address details up-to-date in the ‘reemployment assistance database.’
| Action Year | Federal Minimum Wage | Florida Minimum Wage | Dates in Effect in Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.25 | $13.00 | 9/30/2024 – 9/29/2025 |
| 2023 | $7.25 | $12.00 | 9/30/2023 – 9/29/2024 |
| 2022 | $7.25 | $11.00 | 9/30/2022 – 9/29/2023 |
| 2021 | $7.25 | $10.00 | 9/30/2021 – 9/29/2022 |
| 2020 | $7.25 | $8.65 | 1/1/2021 – 9/29/2021 |
| 2019 | $7.25 | $8.56 | 1/1/2020 – 12/31/2020 |
The Florida ‘minimum wage’ will rise by $1.00 annually until it reaches $15.00 per hour on ‘September 30, 2026,’ in accordance with the 2020 constitutional amendment.
Florida will begin adjusting its ‘minimum wage’ annually in accordance with inflation on “September 30, 2027 and on each following September, 30.” Using the “consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W), or a successor index” as determined by the ‘US Department of Labor,’ the state Agency for Workforce Innovation will determine an adjusted ‘minimum wage’ rate by “raising the current ‘minimum wage’ rate by the rate of inflation during the twelve months preceding each September 1st.” Each adjusted minimum wage rate, calculated based on inflation, will be published and will ‘take effect on January 1st of the following year.’
Employers are required to pay tipped employees a ‘minimum cash’ wage that is higher than the “federal minimum wage for tipped workers, which is $2.13 per hour.” The following table shows the data for Florida state:
| Year in Effect | Basic Combined Cash & Tip Minimum Wage Rate | Maximum Tip Credit Against Minimum Wage | Minimum Cash Wage | Minimum Tip for the Definition of Tipped Employee** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $13.00 | $3.02 | $9.98 | More than $30 |
| 2023-24 | $12.00 | $3.02 | $8.98 | More than $30 |
| 2022-23 | $12.00 | $3.02 | $8.98 | More than $30 |
| 2021-22 | $10.00 | $3.02 | $6.98 | Not specified |
| 2021 | $10.00 | $3.02 | $6.98 | Not specified |
| **usually calculated monthly unless otherwise noted | ||||
| Certain states offer “training wages” for new hires, or “they have subminimum wages for students and/or minors, or they exempt them from coverage.” Some local governments have ‘minimum wage’ greater than the ‘minimum wage’ set by the respective state | ||||
In Florida, an employee is entitled to overtime after “exceeding their authorized extended work period” or working more than 40 hours in a workweek. One and a half times the standard hourly rate is the ‘overtime’ compensation rate.
An employee in Florida has the right to inform their ‘employer’ and give them 15 days to address the matter, if they have not received the legally required minimum wage. The employee may bring a civil case in court to recoup “unpaid wages, damages, and legal fees” if the employer ignores the claim.
According to the federal “Fair Labor Standards Act” (FLSA) and its related rules, the terms ‘employer, employee, and wage’ definition are also applicable as the same for state purposes.
SPS Minimum Wage -
The ‘minimum wage’ for qualified employees under the “State Personnel System” (SPS) was raised to $15 per hour on July 1, 2022. The term “qualified employee” includes:
- Personnel working in the “Senior Management Service, Selected Exempt Service, and Career Service” in established
- Non-career service personnel of the “Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.”
- Personnel occupying jobs financed by the “Other Personal Services” (OPS) appropriations categories.
The official webpage posting the ‘minimum wage’ is: https://www.floridajobs.org/business-growth-and-partnerships/for-employers/display-posters-and-required-notices.
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