Fla. Stat. § 450.001
Short title
Part I of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Labor Law.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 450 — MINORITY LABOR GROUPS
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Fla. Stat. § 450.012
Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter, the word, phrase, or term:(1) “Farm work” includes all agricultural labor performed upon farms.(2) “Farm” includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal, and truck farms; ranches; nurseries; and orchards.(3) “Child” or “minor” means any person 17 years of age or younger, unle…
Fla. Stat. § 450.021
Minimum age; general
(1) Minors of any age may be employed:(a) As pages in the Florida Legislature.(b) By the entertainment industry as prescribed in ss. 450.012 and 450.132.(c) In domestic or farm work in connection with their own homes or the farm or ranch on which they live, or directly for their own parents or guardian, or in the herdi…
Fla. Stat. § 450.045
Proof of identity and age; posting of notices
(1) Any person who hires, employs, or suffers to work any child shall, in addition to the limitations provided in this part, first obtain and keep on record during the entire period of such employment proof of the child’s age. This requirement shall be satisfied by:(a) A photocopy of the child’s birth certificate;(b) A…
Fla. Stat. § 450.061
Hazardous occupations prohibited; exemptions
(1) No minor 15 years of age or younger, whether or not such person’s disabilities of nonage have been removed by marriage or otherwise, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any of the following occupations:(a) In connection with power-driven machinery, except power mowers with cutting blades 40 inches…
Fla. Stat. § 450.081
Hours of work in certain occupations
(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work:1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is scheduled the following day.2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is in session.(b) On any school day, minors 15 years of age or younger who are not enrolled in a…
Fla. Stat. § 450.095
Waivers
In extenuating circumstances when it clearly appears to be in the best interest of the child, the department may grant a waiver of the restrictions imposed by the Child Labor Law on the employment of a child. Such waivers shall be granted upon a case-by-case basis and shall be based upon such factors as the department,…
Fla. Stat. § 450.121
Enforcement of Child Labor Law
(1) The department shall administer this chapter. It shall employ such help as is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Other agencies of the state may cooperate with the department in the administration and enforcement of this part. To accomplish this joint, cooperative effort, the department may enter…
Fla. Stat. § 450.132
Employment of children by the entertainment industry; rules; procedures
(1) Children within the protection of our child labor statutes may, notwithstanding such statutes, be employed by the entertainment industry in the production of motion pictures, legitimate plays, television shows, still photography, recording, publicity, musical and live performances, circuses, and rodeos, in any work…
Fla. Stat. § 450.141
Employing minor children in violation of law; penalties
(1) Whoever violates any provisions of this law, or employs or permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this law, or of any order issued under the provisions of this law, or obstructs persons authorized under this law in the inspection of places of employment, and whoever, having under his…
Fla. Stat. § 450.151
Hiring and employing; infliction of pain or suffering; penalty
Any person who takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, exhibits, or, in any manner or under any pretense, causes or permits any child less than 18 years of age to suffer; who inflicts upon any such child unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering; who willfully causes or permits the life of any such child to be end…
Fla. Stat. § 450.155
Funding of the Child Labor Law program
(1) Child Labor Law program appropriations made by the Legislature shall be used to carry out the proper responsibilities of administering the Child Labor Law, to protect the working youth of the state, and to provide education about the Child Labor Law to employers, public school employees, the general public, and wor…
Fla. Stat. § 450.161
Chapter not to affect career education of children; other exceptions
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent minors of any age from receiving career education furnished by the United States, this state, or any county or other political subdivision of this state and duly approved by the Department of Education or other duly constituted authority, nor any apprentice indentured under a plan…
Fla. Stat. § 450.165
Child labor law and farm labor accounts
The department shall maintain separate accounts in the Professional Regulation Trust Fund for child labor law enforcement and administration activities and for farm labor registration activities. The department shall account for the expenditure of moneys received from the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund…
Fla. Stat. § 450.175
Part title
This part may be cited as the “Alfredo Bahena Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 450.181
Definitions
As used in part II, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:(1) “Migrant labor camp” means those migrant labor camps as defined in s. 381.008(5).(2) “Office” means the Executive Office of the Governor.(3) The term “migrant laborer” has the same meaning as migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.…
Fla. Stat. § 450.191
Executive Office of the Governor; powers and duties
(1) The Executive Office of the Governor is authorized and directed to:(a) Advise and consult with migrant and seasonal workers and their employers as to the ways and means of improving living and working conditions of migrant and seasonal workers.(b) Cooperate with the Department of Health in establishing minimum stan…
Fla. Stat. § 450.251
Interstate Compact on Migrant Labor
The Governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with any one or more of the states of the United States, and the Legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of such compact:INTERSTATE MIGRANT LABOR COMPACTMEMBER JURISDICTION.…
Fla. Stat. § 450.261
Interstate Migrant Labor Commission; Florida membership
In selecting the Florida membership of the Interstate Migrant Labor Commission, the Governor may designate the Secretary of Commerce as his or her representative.
Fla. Stat. § 450.27
Short title
This part shall be known by the popular name the “Farm Labor Contractor Registration Law.”
Fla. Stat. § 450.271
State administration of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Labor of the United States to authorize the department to administer within the State of Florida the provisions of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983, as amended.
Fla. Stat. § 450.28
Definitions
(1) “Farm labor contractor” means:(a) Any person who, for a fee or other valuable consideration, recruits, transports into or within the state, supplies, or hires at any one time in any calendar year one or more farm workers to work for, or under the direction, supervision, or control of, a third person; or(b) Any pers…
Fla. Stat. § 450.29
Exclusions
This part does not apply to:(1) Any person, or an immediate family member of such person, who is the owner or lessee of a farm or any person, or an immediate family member of such person, who is the owner or lessee of a packinghouse or food processing plant and who employs workers in planting, cultivating, harvesting,…
Fla. Stat. § 450.30
Requirement of certificate of registration; education and examination program
(1) No person may act as a farm labor contractor until a certificate of registration has been issued to him or her by the department and unless such certificate is in full force and effect and is in his or her possession.(2) No certificate of registration may be transferred or assigned.(3) Unless sooner revoked, each c…
Fla. Stat. § 450.31
Issuance, revocation, and suspension of, and refusal to issue or renew, certificate of registration
(1) The department shall not issue to any person a certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, nor shall it renew such certificate, until:(a) Such person has executed a written application therefor in a form and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the department and has submitted such information as the d…
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