Proposed Changes to Florida’s Unemployment Laws Senate Bill 728 proposes to make changes to Florida’s unemployment laws, making it tougher to receive unemployment benefits. The proposed changes include: Requiring those newly receiving unemployment benefits complete a skills assessment. Reducing the time one can continue receiving benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks. Requiring those receiving […]
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Florida Employment Law Legislative Update – 2.8.2011
Proposed Changes to Florida’s Unemployment Laws Senate Bill 728 proposes to make changes to Florida’s unemployment laws, making it tougher to receive unemployment benefits. The proposed changes include: Requiring those newly receiving unemployment benefits complete a skills assessment. Reducing the time one can continue receiving benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks. Requiring those receiving […]
Want to go after the state under FLSA? You can’t do it, but Feds can.
A story in today’s St. Petersburg Times about a Department of Labor investigating the failure of a state agency to pay proper overtime, mentions lawsuits against the Department of Children and Families under the Fair Labor Standards Act. While the federal government can sue states for violation of the FLSA, the Supreme Court has held […]
11th Circuit Remands Fla Bar Ad Rules Case Back to Trial Court
The Eleventh Circuit today remanded back to the trial court a challenge to The Florida Bar advertising rules holding that the trial court improperly granted summary judgment for The Florida Bar. The court held that the lawyer challenging the Bar Rules “has made a sufficiently credible showing that the rules are unconstitutionally vague on their […]
Two Supreme Court Labor and Employment Law Decisions
– City of Ontario, California v. Quon. This case involved a police officer’s text messages being reviewed by the City. The Court sidestepped the question whether public employees have an expectation of privacy, but in any event unanimously found that the city’s search of a worker’s text messages at issue in the case was reasonable […]
Robert O’Neill Nominated to U.S. Attorney Position for the Middle District of Florida
Yesterday, President Obama nominated Robert O’Neill to the U.S. Attorney position in the Middle District of Florida. O’Neill has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District since 1993. O’Neill must go through a review by the Senate Judiciary Committee and be confirmed by the Senate to become U.S. Attorney. For more information, […]