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Florida Digital Bill of Rights Takes Effect (July 1, 2024)
  • Effective July 1, 2024, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR) gives Florida residents privacy rights with respect to their personal data and establishes certain requirements and limitations for covered businesses.
  • The FDBR’s protections do not apply to individuals acting in an employment context or to employment-related data (information about job applicants, employees, agents, or independent contractors acting in those roles).
Florida Loosens Child Labor Working Hour Restrictions (July 1, 2024)
  • Effective July 1, 2024, Florida’s child labor hours of work and break period requirements are amended to:
    • Allow a 16- or 17-year-old’s parent or custodian, or their school superintendent or their designee, to waive the prohibition against working more than 30 hours in any week when school is in session;
    • Allow a 16- or 17-year-old to work eight hours in any one day when school is scheduled the following day if the day of work is a Sunday or a holiday;
    • Repeal the prohibition against 16- and 17-year-olds working more than six consecutive days in a week;
    • Require that 16- and 17-year-olds be provided a break period only if they work more than four hours continuously without a break and more than eight hours in a day;
    • Establish an exemption from the hours of work limitations for 16- and 17-year-olds 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; and
    • Expand the exemption from the hours of work limitations to minors enrolled in any educational institution (previously, it was limited to public educational institutions).
Florida Updates Human Trafficking Signage Requirements (July 1, 2024)
  • Effective July 1, 2024, certain persons and businesses licensed or certified under Florida law must post updated signage regarding human trafficking. Required signage must replace the National Human Trafficking Hotline telephone number with the Florida Human Trafficking Hotline, 1-855-FLA-SAFE.
  • Businesses and organizations required to post signs include: Residential treatment centers for children and adolescents (RTCs), certain licensed health care providers, public lodging establishments, emergency rooms, adult entertainment establishments/strip clubs, and massage/bodywork businesses not owned by regulated health care practitioner.
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