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Employers in Florida, you have been warned. The Florida Minimum Wage Poster is about to change, thanks to new minimum wage regulations in the sunshine state. The new Florida Minimum Wage Poster will show that the new minimum wage in the state will be going up to $6.67 per hour, effective January 1, 2007.

The new wage in the Florida Minimum Wage Poster will represent a 27 cent up tick from 2006’s minimum wage rate, which is $6.40 per hour. The new minimum wage was brought about by a constitutional amendment, which Florida voters OKed at the ballot box on November 2, 2004. The new wage increase covers all employees in Florida, including those covered by the federal minimum wage, which is only $5.15.

The law also includes a fact of yearly change for the Florida Minimum Wage Poster. The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation will now, because of the law, perform an annual calculation, which will come up with the new minimum wage every year. The calculation will be based upon the Federal Consumer Price Index, or CPI.

Some of the new Florida Minimum Wage Poster, though, will still be based in federal law. When it comes to what employers, employee, and wage mean, it will be taken from the definitions in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act/

For tipped employees, the new Florida Minimum Wage Poster will also change the way that they are treated. Florida employers can pay these tipped employees a direct hourly wage of $3.65 per hour, compared to the $6.67 per hour for other employees, starting again on January 1, 2007.

Employees who don’t get the right new wage can bring their employers to court, or the state attorney general can come after employers on his or her own. And yes, employers can get into trouble too if they don’t follow Section 448.109 of the Florida Statutes, which states that employers must post the Florida Minimum Wage Poster in an accessible place.

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