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Employment law in United States — Florida

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

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• United States — Florida

  Florida Statutes § 943.13 — Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or appointment.

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  This section says certain law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers must meet listed minimum qualifications to be employed or appointed.

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  Florida Statutes § 122.02 — Definitions.

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  This section defines key terms used in the chapter, including who counts as state and county officers and employees, what average final compensation and salary mean, and what department means.

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  Florida Statutes § 951.231 — County residential probation program.

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  Prisoners in a county residential probation center must live there except for work time and travel, keep working, and join required programs; the center must provide the programs and health care.

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  Florida Statutes § 561.705 — Responsible vendor qualification.

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  A vendor must meet responsible-vendor requirements by training employees and managers, supervising new servers until trained, requiring employee questionnaires and meetings, keeping records, and posting warning signs.

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  Florida Statutes § 295.155 — Military retirement based on longevity.

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  Military retirement based on longevity does not disqualify an eligible person from veterans’ employment preference.

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  Florida Statutes § 943.1395 — Certification for employment or appointment; concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment; inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation.

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  This section sets certification, discipline, investigation, and reinstatement rules for officers and the commission.

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  Florida Statutes § 445.024 — Work requirements.

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  This section sets work activity rules for participants in the temporary cash assistance program and gives local workforce boards and the department related contracting and notice powers.

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  Florida Statutes § 769.04 — Doctrine of “assumption of risk” abrogated.

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  The doctrine of assumption of risk does not apply in cases under this chapter when the injury or death was caused by the employer’s negligence.

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  Florida Statutes § 440.205 — Coercion of employees.

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  An employer must not fire, threaten to fire, intimidate, or coerce an employee because the employee filed or tried to file a workers’ compensation claim.

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  Florida Statutes § 255.099 — Preference to state residents.

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  State-funded construction contracts must favor state residents for work if they are equally qualified; contractors in that situation must also contact the Department of Commerce to post job needs.

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  Florida Statutes § 381.00895 — Prohibited acts; application.

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  Housing owners or operators may not retaliate against a resident by raising rent, cutting services, evicting, refusing renewal, or other intimidation-type conduct.

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  Florida Statutes § 384.287 — Screening for sexually transmissible disease.

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  Certain exposed workers and responders may request screening for a sexually transmissible disease, and the exposed employee must also be screened.

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