Florida Resources

HR guides for Florida employers

Plain-language, cited guides on the Florida employment questions employers ask most — anchored in the Florida Statutes and the agencies that enforce them, with the federal floor flagged where it controls. General HR information, not legal advice.

• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida Minimum Wage & Overtime

  Florida's constitutional minimum wage steps up every September 30 toward $15.00, with a fixed tip credit and a pre-suit notice requirement — while overtime stays federal-FLSA-only.

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida Final Paycheck & Wage Payment

  Florida has no state final-pay deadline or general wage-payment statute for private employers — what that means, the minimum-wage pre-suit notice, and the no-state-income-tax wrinkle.

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida E-Verify Requirement (SB 1718)

  Private employers with 25+ employees must E-Verify every new hire within 3 business days, retain records, and certify compliance — with penalties up to license suspension.

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida Non-Competes & the 2025 CHOICE Act

  Florida is among the most employer-friendly non-compete states — the §542.335 framework plus the 2025 CHOICE Act, which allows up to four-year covenants for high earners with a presumption of enforceability.

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida At-Will Employment & Whistleblower Protection

  Florida is a strong at-will state with no broad public-policy exception (DeMarco v. Publix) — protections come from statutes like the Private Whistleblower Act and the workers'-comp anti-retaliation law.

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida Discrimination & Harassment (FCRA)

  The Florida Civil Rights Act at 15+ employees, the added 'marital status' class, no individual liability, and the enjoined 'Stop WOKE' training restrictions (Honeyfund).

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida Workers' Compensation

  Chapter 440 coverage thresholds (construction 1+, non-construction 4+, agriculture 6/12), employer tort immunity and its narrow intentional-tort exception, and the anti-retaliation rule.

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• Florida Guide · Updated 2026

  Florida New-Hire Onboarding Checklist

  E-Verify at 25+, Form I-9, new-hire reporting, no state income-tax form (federal withholding only), required postings, and the policies a Florida handbook should carry.

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