Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (“DEO”) announced that the state’s minimum wage of $7.93/hour will be increased to $8.05/hour beginning January 1, 2015.  The minimum wage for tipped employees will correspondingly increase from $4.91/hour to $5.03/hour, with the employer’s maximum tip credit remaining at $3.02/hour.  The DEO has also issued an updated “Notice to Employees” poster which Florida employers are required to post in addition to the federal minimum wage poster as of January 1, 2015.

Minimum wage increases have experienced much activity in 2014.  In addition to our previous posts covering wage hike proposals on the city and federal levels, more than 20 states have either increased or proposed to increase their respective minimum wage.