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Mar. 16th, 2005 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingFlorida passed a minimum wage increase in their constitution, overwhelmingly.
Now Florida Republicans are working to neuter the change, by requiring employees to provide their employers 15-days notice before suing for a minimum wage dispute. If the employer pays the back wages during that time there can be no suit. Even if an employer ignores the employee's complaint for 15 days and a suit is filed, the bill insulates the employer from any significant penalty. Employees would be prevented from receiving any interest on unpaid wages, punitive damages or money for pain and suffering. Oh, and since the amount of back pay owed to minimum wage workers will always be relatively low, the efficient way for workers to recover is by joining together for a class action lawsuit. The proposed bill will make those impossible. On less than minimum wage pay, bring suit against your employer for a few hundred bucks. Go for it.
Now Florida Republicans are working to neuter the change, by requiring employees to provide their employers 15-days notice before suing for a minimum wage dispute. If the employer pays the back wages during that time there can be no suit. Even if an employer ignores the employee's complaint for 15 days and a suit is filed, the bill insulates the employer from any significant penalty. Employees would be prevented from receiving any interest on unpaid wages, punitive damages or money for pain and suffering. Oh, and since the amount of back pay owed to minimum wage workers will always be relatively low, the efficient way for workers to recover is by joining together for a class action lawsuit. The proposed bill will make those impossible. On less than minimum wage pay, bring suit against your employer for a few hundred bucks. Go for it.