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Many Landscaping Companies Violate Wage Laws

By Bober & Bober, P.A. | July 28, 2009 |

Some landscaping companies try to avoid overtime pay by paying their workers a piece rate for removing landscaping, but fail to pay their workers overtime when they exceed for 40 hours in a week. For example, one landscaping company was required to pay $52,240 in back wages and penalties following a determination by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that company violated provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) buy using such a piece rate pay…

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Minimum wage and overtime wage rates for Tipped Employees in Florida:

Date Work Performed	Florida Minimum Wage (Tipped Employees)	Overtime Wage Rate (Tipped Employees)
2018	$5.23	$9.36
2019	5.44	9.67
2020	$5.54	$9.82
1/1/2021-9/29/2021	$5.63	$9.96
9/30/2021-9/29/2022	$6.98	$11.98
9/30/2022-9/29/2023	$7.98	$13.48
9/30/2023 – 9/29/2024	$8.98	$14.98
9/30/2024 – 9/29/2025	$9.98	$16.48
9/30/2025 – 9/29/2026	$10.98	$17.98
9/30/2026	$11.98	$19.48

What is the Florida Minimum Wage?

Date Work Performed	Florida Minimum Wage
2018	$8.25
2019	$8.46
2020	$8.56
1/1/2021-9/29/2021	$8.65
9/30/2021-9/29/2022	$10.00
9/30/2022 – 9/29/2023	$11.00
9/30/2023 – 9/29/2024	$12.00
9/30/2024 – 9/29/2025	$13.00
9/30/2025 – 9/29/2026	$14.00
9/30/2026	$15.00