We recently mailed your copy of the December 2015 edition of ISSUES, FUBA’s monthly newsletter. Included with the newsletter should have been an updated Florida minimum wage poster for 2016. Unfortunately, there was a mix-up at the printer, and the 2015 poster was enclosed instead. We apologize for this error and will make it right. […]
Read MoreAs a service to our members in the construction industry, FUBA provides at no charge a two-page publication titled A Contractor’s Guide to Workers’ Compensation, which summarizes a contractor’s responsibilities under the Florida workers’ compensation law. In the Guide, we answer questions like: What are the workers’ comp requirements for a business in the […]
Read MoreThree companies targeting Florida small businesses have been shut down by the Florida Attorney General’s office. These companies are United Business Services, United Certificate Services and Corporate Filing Services of Florida, and they have been scamming Florida businesses into purchasing unnecessary annual minutes, employment posters and business certificates. These three companies are not affiliated with […]
Read MoreIn Florida, overtime pay is regulated by a federal law called the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, employers are required to pay overtime to any employee who works more than 40 hours in one workweek, unless the employee is exempt. Overtime must be paid at the rate of one and one-half times […]
Read MoreThe federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has released a new version of its job safety poster (called “It’s the Law”) that all employers are required to post at their workplaces. The poster has been updated to include the new requirement that all employers have to report every on-the-job fatality as well as every […]
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