Local Government: Broward County, Florida
Date Created: 06/11/12
Last updated: 10/26/12
Broward County, FL adopts Wage Theft Ordinance
The County Commission adopted an Ordinance amending the Broward County
Code of Ordinances prohibiting wage theft. A recent study prepared by the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy Center for Labor
Research and Studies at the Florida International University highlights the growing problem of wage
theft in Florida. Wage theft occurs when workers do not receive the wages that are legally owed to
them. There are various forms in which this theft can occur: unpaid overtime, not being paid at least
the minimum wage, working during meal breaks, misclassification of employees, forcing employees
to work off the clock, altering time cards, paying employees late or simply not paying them at all.
The largest numbers of cases are in Miami-Dade, Hillsborough, Broward, Pinellas, Palm Beach and
Orange counties.
Unscrupulous employers know they can get away with practices such as wage theft. Current
enforcement mechanisms are weak. A number of the industries impacted are at the core of our
economy - tourism, retail, trade and construction. Records show low wage workers are more likely
to be impacted by wage theft.
Issue History
| 10/26/12 | The ordinance was adopted at the 10/23/12 meeting.
| | 10/22/12 | The County Commission will continue the public hearing at the 10/23/12 meeting.
| | 10/05/12 | The County Commission will hold a public hearing at the 10/9/12 meeting.
| | 08/20/12 | At the 8/21/12 meeting, the Commission will reschedule the public hearing from 8/28/12 to 10/9/12.
| | 06/25/12 | At the 6/26/12 meeting, the County Commission will tentatively schedule a public hearing for 8/28/12.
| | 06/13/12 | The motion to draft an ordinance was approved at the 6/12/12 meeting. Future discussion is tentatively scheduled for August 2012.
| | 06/11/12 | At the 6/12/12 meeting, the County Commission will consider a motion to direct Office of the County Attorney to draft an ordinance.
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