Labor Pool Act

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide specific details on how the Department of Commerce will enforce annual registration requirements.

Labor Pool Act

The Labor Pool Act prohibits labor pools from charging placement fees when third-party users directly hire day laborers and requires annual registration with the Department of Commerce.

What This Bill Does

• Prohibits labor pools from charging a placement fee to third-party users who directly employ day laborers for work.
• Requires labor pools operating in Florida to register annually with the Department of Commerce.
• Allows the Department of Commerce to create rules about annual registration.
• Adds that courts can give winning parties reasonable attorney fees and costs when dealing with actions under this act.

Who It Names or Affects

• Labor pools
• Third-party users who hire day laborers
• The Department of Commerce

Terms To Know

Labor pool

A company that connects workers with temporary jobs.

Placement fee

Money charged by a labor pool when they help connect a worker to a job, but not if the third-party user directly hires the day laborer.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what constitutes a 'reasonable placement fee'.
• It is unclear how the Department of Commerce will enforce annual registration requirements.
• The act only applies to labor pools operating in Florida.

Official Summary Text

Labor Pool Act; Prohibiting a labor pool from charging a certain fee to a third-party user if such user directly employs a laborer for work; requiring a labor pool to register annually with the Department of Commerce; revising the remedies, damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing party in certain actions, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 1112

By
Senator Garcia

36-00659A-26 20261112__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Labor Pool Act; amending s.
3 448.24, F.S.; prohibiting a labor pool from charging a
4 certain fee to a third-party user if such user
5 directly employs a laborer for work; requiring a labor
6 pool to register annually with the Department of
7 Commerce; authorizing the department to adopt rules;
8 amending s. 448.25, F.S.; revising the remedies,
9 damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing
10 party in certain actions; providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 448.24, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (8) is added to that
16 section, to read:
17 448.24 Duties and rights.—
18 (6)
A

No
labor pool
may not

shall
restrict the right of a
19 day laborer to accept a permanent position with a third-party
20 user to whom the laborer is referred for temporary work, or to
21 restrict the right of such a third-party user to offer such
22 employment to an employee of the labor pool.
If a third-party

23
user
directly
employ
s
a laborer for work, a labor
pool
may not

24
charge the third-party us
er a placement fee

However, nothing

25
shall restrict the labor pool from receiving a reasonable

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placement fee from the third-party user
.
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(8) A labor pool that is located, operates, or transacts

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business in this state shall register annually with the

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Department of Commerce. The department may adopt rules to

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implement this subsection.

31 Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 448.25,
32 Florida Statutes, to read:
33 448.25 Remedies; damages; costs.—
34
(4)
In addition to any damages awarded for an action

35
brought pursuant to this section, the court shall award

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reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party.

37 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.