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Fla. Stat. § 440.40 (2025)
Compensation notice.
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440.40 Compensation notice.—Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep posted in a conspicuous place or places in and about her or his place or places of business typewritten or printed notices, in accordance with a form prescribed by the department, the following:
(1) A notice stating that such employer has secured the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such notices shall contain the name and address of the carrier, if any, with whom the employer has secured payment of compensation and the date of the expiration of the policy. The department may by rule prescribe the form of the notices and require carriers to provide the notices to policyholders.
(2) A notice stating: “Anti-Fraud Reward Program.—Rewards of up to $25,000 may be paid to persons providing information to the Department of Financial Services leading to the arrest and conviction of persons committing insurance fraud, including employers who illegally fail to obtain workers’ compensation coverage. Persons may report suspected fraud to the department at (Phone No.) . A person is not subject to civil liability for furnishing such information, if such person acts without malice, fraud, or bad faith.”
History.—s. 40, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(39); ss. 17, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 23, ch. 78-300; s. 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1; s. 125, ch. 97-103; s. 7, ch. 98-125; s. 42, ch. 2002-194; s. 15, ch. 2002-236; s. 487, ch. 2003-261.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1973–2012 · leading case: Ocean Reef Club, Inc. v. Wilczewski, 99 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).
Ocean Reef Club, Inc. v. Wilczewski, 99 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012). “Although at first blush one might conclude from a study of these three provisions of Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Law that the obligation of the employer begins and ends with the acquisition of a *8 policy of workers’ compensation insurance (or, in the rarer case,…”
Allen v. Est. of Carman, 281 So. 2d 317 (Fla. 1973). “, was not a prerequisite to the statutory presumed acceptance of the provisions of the act by employees, and 2) that the failure to post notice did not give the employee a right to maintain an action at common law. While that case considered a different section of the statute…”
Special Disability Trust Fund v. City of Hialeah, 388 So. 2d 1372 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). “1974), and § 440.40(4)(f)l, to receive reimbursement from the Special Disability Trust Fund for a subsequent injury to an employee, the employer must have had knowledge prior to the subsequent accident that the employee had a pre-existing “permanent physical impairment.”
— 440.40(4)(f) — 1 case
Special Disability Trust Fund v. City of Hialeah, 388 So. 2d 1372 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). “1974), and § 440.40(4)(f)l, to receive reimbursement from the Special Disability Trust Fund for a subsequent injury to an employee, the employer must have had knowledge prior to the subsequent accident that the employee had a pre-existing “permanent physical impairment.”
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