Florida SB 1412: Taxation

Bill Text

1412 
Minimum Wage Requirements 
2026-01-08T03:31:16Z 
Citing this act as the “On-the-Job Workforce Training Act”; exempting an employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; authorizing employees to voluntarily opt out of the state minimum wage requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an employer from coercing an employee into opting out of the state minimum wage; requiring employers to pay an employee at or above the federal minimum wage, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1412 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00113A-26 20261412__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to minimum wage requirements; 
 3 providing a short title; amending s. 448.110, F.S.; 
 4 exempting an employer from state minimum wage 
 5 requirements for specified employees; prohibiting 
 6 certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting 
 7 longer than a specified timeframe; authorizing 
 8 employees to voluntarily opt out of the state minimum 
 9 wage requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an 
 10 employer from coercing an employee into opting out of 
 11 the state minimum wage; providing requirements for the 
 12 waiver to be effective for a minor employee; requiring 
 13 employers to pay an employee at or above the federal 
 14 minimum wage; providing that an employee’s waiver to 
 15 opt out of the state minimum wage is only valid for a 
 16 specified timeframe; providing an effective date. 
 17 
 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “On-the-Job 
 21 Workforce Training Act.” 
 22 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 448.110, Florida 
 23 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 24 448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; 
 25 enforcement.— 
 26 (3)(a) Employers shall pay employees a minimum wage at an 
 27 hourly rate of $6.15 for all hours worked in Florida. Only those 
 28 individuals entitled to receive the federal minimum wage under 
 29 the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and its 
 30 implementing regulations shall be eligible to receive the state 
 31 minimum wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution 
 32 and this section. The provisions of ss. 213 and 214 of the 
 33 federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as interpreted by applicable 
 34 federal regulations and implemented by the Secretary of Labor, 
 35 are incorporated herein. 
 36 (b) An employer is not subject to the state minimum wage 
 37 requirements of this section for an employee who is in a 
 38 structured work-study program, internship, preapprenticeship 
 39 program, or other similar work-based learning opportunity and 
 40 who opts out of receiving the minimum wage. However, such work 
 41 based learning opportunity may not last longer than 9 months or 
 42 two full-time semesters consisting of at least 15 credit hours 
 43 each. 
 44 (c) An employee may opt out of receiving the state minimum 
 45 wage by voluntarily signing a waiver of his or her right to the 
 46 state minimum wage established under this subsection. The waiver 
 47 must state that the employee acknowledges his or her right to 
 48 the state minimum wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State 
 49 Constitution and this section and that the employee is knowingly 
 50 and voluntarily choosing to receive a lesser amount for his or 
 51 her work-based learning opportunity as described in paragraph 
 52 (b). An employer may not coerce an employee to opt out of 
 53 receiving the state minimum wage. If the employee is younger 
 54 than 18 years of age, in order for the waiver to be effective, 
 55 the employee’s parent or guardian must have agreed and signed 
 56 the waiver on behalf of the minor employee at the minor 
 57 employee’s request. 
 58 (d) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), an 
 59 employer must pay an employee a wage at or above the federal 
 60 minimum wage. 
 61 (e) An employee’s waiver to opt out of the state minimum 
 62 wage under this subsection is only valid for 9 months after the 
 63 date his or her employment with the employer begins. Thereafter, 
 64 the employee must be paid at or above the state minimum wage 
 65 regardless of his or her position or job title with the 
 66 employer. 
 67 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.