Florida
Updated to reflect amendments regarding elections of exemption and enforcement, effective January 1, 2023.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance is now temporarily available to affected Florida businesses and residents who are not eligible for regular state or federal reemployment assistance benefits.
The workplace provisions of a controversial Florida law that placed limits on the content of diversity and inclusion training have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
Updated to reflect amendments regarding emergency protections, effective July 1, 2022.
Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to include leave to appear as a witness.
Florida employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to show their compliance with Florida's Ban on Texting While Driving Law, to promote driving safety, and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or while driving a company-owned vehicle.
Florida employers that employ minor employees (those under age 18) should consider including this statement in their handbook to inform the minor employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with Florida meal breaks for minors law.