Escalating the Florida Legislature’s attacks this year on working Floridians, Republicans now want to prevent local governments from requiring that companies they contract with pay their employees a living wage that exceeds Florida’s current minimum wage of $11 per hour.
An amendment filed to a controversial bill supported by conservative groups,was approved by the Republican-dominated Florida House Commerce committee on Monday, taking aim at what are known as “living wage ordinances.”
Companies that get contracts from local governments would be able to pay their workers LESS money, under a measure that has just surfaced in the Florida House of Representatives with three weeks to go in this year's legislative session.
— Jason Garcia (@Jason_Garcia) April 16, 2023
Essentially, these are local laws that elected leaders of a select few cities in Florida (and more across the country) have passed that establish minimum wages for local government workers and/or employees of local government contractors that are higher than the state minimum wage.
Under a ballot initiative approved by over 60% of Florida voters in 2020, the state minimum wage is set to increase $1 each year to reach $15 per hour in October 2026.
As of 2003, Florida law already prohibits local governments from passing ordinances that'd require private employers to pay wages higher than the state minimum wage, or to provide benefits such as paid sick leave.
Although these living wage ordinances can vary in what...
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