Florida Lawmakers Advance Measure to Circumvent Minimum Wage for ‘Trainees’

Florida Lawmakers Advance Measure to Circumvent Minimum Wage for ‘Trainees’

A Florida House subcommittee approved a bill allowing trainees, interns, and work-study participants to waive their rights to the state’s $15 minimum wage in favor of the lower federal floor. Republican supporters argue the current wage limits entry-level opportunities, while Democrats contend the measure exploits workers to enrich corporations. The proposal includes time limits on these lower-pay training periods. The post Florida Lawmakers Adv…

GOP Lawmakers OK Minimum Wage Change

TALLAHASSEE --- Republican lawmakers are trying to revive an effort to create an exemption to the state’s voter-approved minimum wage that would apply to workers classified as trainees.