According to federal data analyzed by the Florida Policy Institute, child labor violations in Florida have trended upward ...

TALLAHASSEE — In an extraordinary criticism of one state agency by another, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation told ...

Perhaps most concerning is data from the U.S. Department of Labor revealing a sharp increase in child labor violations within Florida. In 2023 alone, authorities documented 209 violations – a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The number of child labor violations in Florida tripled from 95 in 2019 to 281 three years later, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics cited by the Florida Policy Institute.

TALLAHASSEE — In an extraordinary criticism of one state agency by another, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation told legislators that a department led by then-Chief Financial Officer ...