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SB 918: Employment of Minors

GENERAL BILL by Collins

Employment of Minors; Deleting certain restrictions on minors 16 and 17 years of age being employed, permitted, or suffered to work; revising the exceptions to such restrictions for certain minors; deleting a provision authorizing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to grant a waiver of such restrictions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/26/2025 Senate - Now in Regulated Industries
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
14-01191-25 2025918
A bill to be entitled
An act relating to the employment of minors; amending
s. 450.081, F.S.; deleting certain restrictions on
minors 16 and 17 years of age being employed,
permitted, or suffered to work; revising the
exceptions to such restrictions for certain minors;
deleting a provision authorizing the Department of
Business and Professional Regulation to grant a waiver
of such restrictions; providing an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

Section 1. Subsections (2), (4), (5), and (6) of section
450.081, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations.—
(2)(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may not be employed,
permitted, or suffered to work:
1. Before 6:30 a.m. or after 11 p.m. when school is
scheduled the following day.
2. For more than 8 hours in any one day when school is
scheduled the following day, except when the day of work is on a
holiday or Sunday.
3. For more than 30 hours in any one week when school is in
session. However, a minor’s parent or custodian, or the school
superintendent or his or her designee, may waive the limitation
imposed in this subparagraph on a form prescribed by the
department and provided to the minor’s employer.
(b) On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who
are not enrolled in a career education program may not be
gainfully employed during school hours.
(3)(4) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be
employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a
meal period; and for the purposes of this law, a period of less
than 30 minutes is not deemed to interrupt a continuous period
of work. Minors 16 and 17 years of age who are employed,
permitted, or suffered to work for 8 hours or more in any one
day as authorized by this section may not be employed,
permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours
continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a
meal period.
(4)(5) Subsections (1), (2), and (3) (1)-(4) do not apply
to:
(a) Minors 14 16 and 15 17 years of age who have graduated
from high school or received a high school equivalency diploma.
(b) Minors 14 and 15 years of age who are within the
compulsory school attendance age limit and who hold a valid
certificate of exemption issued by the school superintendent or
his or her designee pursuant to s. 1003.21(3).
(c) Minors enrolled in a public an educational institution
who qualify on a hardship basis, such as economic necessity or
family emergency. The school superintendent or his or her
designee shall make such determination and issue a waiver of
hours to the minor and the employer. The form and contents
thereof must shall be prescribed by the department.
(d) Minors 14 16 and 15 17 years of age who are in a home
education program or are enrolled in an approved virtual
instruction program in which the minor is separated from the
teacher by time only.
(e) Minors in domestic service in private homes, minors
employed by their parents, or pages in the Florida Legislature.
(6) The department may grant a waiver of the restrictions
imposed by this section pursuant to s. 450.095.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.

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