The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 446
JOB TRAINING

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F.S. 446.081

446.081 Limitation.—

(1) Nothing in ss. 446.011-446.092 or in any apprentice agreement approved under those sections may invalidate:

(a) Any apprenticeship provision in any collective agreement between employers and employees setting up higher apprenticeship standards.

(b) Any special provision for veterans, minority persons, or women in the standards, apprenticeship qualifications, or operation of the program that is not otherwise prohibited by law, executive order, or authorized regulation.

(2) No person shall institute any action for the enforcement of any apprentice agreement, or for damages for the breach of any apprentice agreement, made under ss. 446.011-446.092, unless he or she has first exhausted all administrative remedies provided by this section.

(3) Any person aggrieved by any determination or act of the department has the right to an administrative hearing.

(4) Nothing in ss. 446.011-446.092 or in any rules adopted or contained in any approved apprentice agreement under such sections invalidates any special provision for veterans, minority persons, or women in the standards, qualifications, or operation of the apprenticeship program which is not otherwise prohibited by any applicable general law, rule, or regulation.

History.—s. 8, ch. 23934, 1947; s. 5, ch. 28037, 1953; s. 1, ch. 63-153; s. 1, ch. 69-267; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 120, ch. 73-333; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 11, ch. 78-95; s. 27, ch. 83-174; s. 146, ch. 97-103; s. 10, ch. 2004-322; s. 6, ch. 2018-7; s. 6, ch. 2019-119.

Note.—Former s. 446.13.

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Amendments to 446.081

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 446.081

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 446.081.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DIVISION OF LABOR, v. FLORIDA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, v. FLORIDA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL,, 417 So. 2d 746 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . . § 446.081, which provides as follows: “Nothing in this chapter or in any apprentice agreement approved . . . Stated differently, F.S. § 446.081 allows different standards between union and nonunion apprenticeship . . . requirement of uniformity in standards, and is not within the exception or limitation allowed in Section 446.081 . . . rationale may be laudable, it simply finds no authority in the statutes and, indeed, conflicts with § 446.081 . . .