Besides the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), are there any additional protections for Florida employees?
As of May 2005, the Florida Constitution, (Article X, §24), requires employers to pay Florida workers a higher minimum wage, compared to the federal minimum wage required under the federal FLSA. Additionally, each year, Florida’s minimum wage is subject to annual increases based on inflation. Notably, for “tipped employees,”employers can receive a $3.02 tip credit against Florida and the Federal minimum wage. Thus, as the Florida and Federal minimum wages increase, so will the direct wage employers must pay to their tipped employees. The Florida constitution also arguably provides broader protection than the FLSA to employees against employer who take an adverse action against any person in retaliation for exercising any rights provided by the constitutional amendment. Such protected rights include, but are not limited to, “the right to file a complaint or inform any person about any party’s alleged noncompliance with this amendment, and the right to inform any person of his or her pot
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