Florida’s child labor law provides additional protections beyond what the federal Fair Labor Standards Act imposed in 1938.

For the third week in a row, initial jobless claims declined in Florida. The U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL) report for the ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

The memos were produced as part of a tug-of-war between two agencies and a bid to consolidate insurance oversight under one ...

THIS IS A MUG SHOT FROM FLORIDA OF RICHARD ... judges for the agency often hear complaints about workers’ compensation or other labor-related issues. “The Department of Labor followed standard ...

The drop in new claims for Florida comes amid a FloridaCommerce report released Monday that showed the general unemployment rate increased slightly. January figures showed the state’s unemployment ...

How many child labor violations has Florida had in recent years? According to the U.S. Department of Labor WHD database, ...

In a reignited debates over child labor laws, Florida lawmakers advanced bill SB 918, that would further loosen restrictions ...

Yet Florida has seen a steady rise in child labor violations. In 2023, the state had 209 child labor violations, the second highest in 15 years, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

In late March 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that the state of Florida ... on child labor such as working hours but also an existing waiver system where the Department of Business ...

Florida Gov ... a provision that authorizes the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to grant a waiver for those restrictions. Child labor bill would allow Florida teens to work ...

Both Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican ... the ages of 16 and 17 to work at any time of day. The U.S. Department of Labor Statistics has found that the number of child labor law ...