Florida Statute 447.509 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 447
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

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F.S. 447.509

447.509 Other unlawful acts.—

(1) Employee organizations, their members, agents, or representatives, or any persons acting on their behalf are hereby prohibited from:

(a) Soliciting public employees during working hours of any employee who is involved in the solicitation.

(b) Distributing literature during working hours in areas where the actual work of public employees is performed, such as offices, warehouses, schools, police stations, fire stations, and any similar public installations. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution of literature during the employee’s lunch hour or in such areas not specifically devoted to the performance of the employee’s official duties.

(c) Instigating or advocating support, in any positive manner, for an employee organization’s activities from high school or grade school students during classroom time.

(d) Offering anything of value to a public officer as defined in s. 112.313(1) which the public officer is prohibited from accepting under s. 112.313(2).

(e) Offering any compensation, payment, or thing of value to a public officer as defined in s. 112.313(1) which the public officer is prohibited from accepting under s. 112.313(4).

(2) No employee organization shall directly or indirectly pay any fines or penalties assessed against individuals pursuant to the provisions of this part.

(3) The circuit courts of this state shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section by injunction and contempt proceedings, if necessary. A public employee who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this section may be discharged or otherwise disciplined by his or her public employer, notwithstanding further provisions of law, and notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement.

History.—s. 3, ch. 74-100; s. 162, ch. 97-103; s. 5, ch. 2023-35.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 447.509

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 447.509.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 447.509

Total Results: 11

Menegat v. City of Apopka

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-04-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 954 So. 2d 681

Snippet: in violation of section 447.509(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2003). Section 447.509 provides: (1) Employee …quot;Apopka"] on their claims that section 447.509(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2003) is facially unconstitutional…injunctive relief, principally contending that section 447.509 is facially unconstitutional. Several discrete … the trial court's conclusion that section 447.509 is not unconstitutional. AFFIRMED. ORFINGER and

Browning v. Brody

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-09-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 796 So. 2d 1191

Snippet: the no-strike provision of the Act and section 447.509 of the Act authorizes circuit courts to issue injunctions

United Faculty of Fla. v. Fla. Bd. of Regents

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-08-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 585 So. 2d 991

Snippet: as licensees of the state. Furthermore, section 447.509(1)(c) prohibits employee organizations or their…provides a *999 less restrictive alternative. Section 447.509(1)(c), Florida Statutes, prohibits employee organizations

American Federation of Teachers-Hillsborough v. School Board of Hillsborough County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-07-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 584 So. 2d 62, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 7044, 1991 WL 133429

Snippet: subject to the limitations established in section 447.-509(l)(a) and (b). Subsection (b) prohibits the distribution…arguing first that it erred in interpreting section 447.509(l)(b) to mean that both distributing and recipient

Lee Cty. Sch. Bd. v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-09-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 513 So. 2d 1286

Snippet: that right is circumscribed by section 447.509. Section 447.509(3) gives the circuit court jurisdiction…employee's right are codified in section 447.509. Section 447.509(1)(a) prohibits solicitation of public…: (1) PERC lacked jurisdiction because section 447.509[6] gives the *1289 circuit court exclusive jurisdiction…holding the school board in violation of section 447.509(1)(b) by prohibiting distribution of literature…activities went beyond that permitted by section 447.509(1). In other respects, however, the restrictions

School Board of Lee County v. Public Employees Relations Commission

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-09-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 513 So. 2d 1286, 42 Educ. L. Rep. 679, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2229, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12173

Snippet: that right is circumscribed by section 447.509. Section 447.509(3) gives the circuit court jurisdiction…employee’s right are codified in section 447.509. Section 447.-509(1)(a) prohibits solicitation of public…holding the school board in violation of section 447.509(l)(b) by prohibiting distribution of literature…activities went beyond that permitted by section 447.-509(1). In other respects, however, the restrictions…solicitation and distribution authorized by section 447.509(1). Jurisdiction to enforce statutory rights under

City of Tallahassee v. Pub. Emp. Rel. Com.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1981-12-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 410 So. 2d 487

Snippet: 447.209, 447.303, 447.307(3)(b), 447.401, and 447.509), the City argues that under the district court

Manatee Cty. v. Fla. Public Emp. Relations

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-08-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 387 So. 2d 446

Snippet: labor practices (Sections *454 447.301(1), (2) and 447.509(1)(a) and (b), Florida Statutes) nor do we necessarily

Okaloosa-Walton Junior College Board of Trustees v. Florida Public Employees Relations Commission

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-06-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 372 So. 2d 1378, 9 A.L.R. 4th 1, 102 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2419, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15180

Snippet: two sources: the reverse implications of Section 447.509, prohibiting employee solicitation at certain times…provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. Section 447.509(1) provides: (1) Employee organizations, their …organizational purposes is consonant both with Section 447.509(l)(a) and federal decisions on the same subject…recognizes the distinction, found both in Section 447.509(1) and in NLRA decisions, between solicitation … who is involved in the solicitation.” Section 447.509(l)(a). The distribution of organizational literature

Public Employees Relations Commission v. Fraternal Order of Police, Local Lodge No. 38

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-01-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 327 So. 2d 43, 92 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2331, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14624

Snippet: personnel. . E. g., Fla.Stat. §§ 447.607 and 447.509 (1974). . E. g., San Diego Building Trades Council

Public Emp. Rel. Com'n v. FRATERNAL ORD. OF POL., ETC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-01-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 327 So. 2d 43

Snippet: personnel. [2] E.g., Fla. Stat. §§ 447.507 and 447.509 (1974). [3] E.g., San Diego Building Trades Council