Name: Florida lawmaker seeks to limit $15 minimum wage approved by voters with ‘training pay’
Brand: orlandosentinel.com
SKU: orlandosentinel-com-210
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Florida lawmaker seeks to limit $15 minimum wage approved by voters with ‘training pay’

preview

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelJan 28, 2021 at 4:48 pmA state Senate Republican has filed a proposal that could lead to young people, felons, prisoners and other “hard-to-hire” employees making less than the $15 an hour minimum wage approved by Florida voters in November.Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, unveiled a Senate resolution Wednesday that would modify the $15 wage amendment to allow the Legislature to set a reduced pay rate for workers under age 21, those convicted of felonies, for state prisoners and for “other hard-to-hire employees.”AdvertisementIn an interview Thursday, Brandes said the change would allow the Legislature to help struggling workers find employment.“The goal here is to create an extra rung of the ladder for them,’' he said, using a “training wage” that would phase out after the worker gets some experience on the job.AdvertisementBut the resolution drew immediate fire from Orlando attorney John Morgan, who largely bankrolled the citizens initiative for the $15 wage. His amendment increases the minimum wage to $10 an hour on Sept. 30 with annual increases until it reaches $15 on Sept. 30, 2026.“This proposed resolution is a patently unconstitutional attempt to undermine the will of the voters, who resoundingly voted to ensure all of Florida’s low-wage workers are paid enough to live and work with dignity,” Morgan said in a statement Thursday. “If the legislature continues to subvert the will of the people with this naked attempt to replace working families with child labor, I will sue the state. And I will win — again.”Brandes said, however, said the measure is “absolutely constitutional” and that the training wage would only be used in limited circumstances for teenagers, ex-felons and others who traditionally can’t find employment.As a possible example of how it could work, he said the initial lower pay could be set for a specific number of hours or days on the job before it went higher.The proposal (SJR 854) is filed for consideration during the legislative session that will start March 2. If passed, it would need the approval of 60% of the voters on the 2022 fall ballot because it would change the state Constitution.Resolutions approved by the Legislature go straight on the ballot and do not require petitions or undergo the same Supreme Court review required of citizens’ initiatives.News Service of Florida contributed to this report. mskoneki@orlandosentinel.com Advertisement

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelJan 28, 2021 at 4:48 pmA state Senate Republican has filed a proposal that could lead to young people, felons, prisoners and other “hard-to-hire” employees making less than the $15 an hour minimum wage approved by Florida voters in November.Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, unveiled a Senate resolution Wednesday that would modify the $15 wage amendment to allow the Legislature to set a reduced pay rate for workers under age 21, those convicted of felonies, for state prisoners and for “other hard-to-hire employees.”AdvertisementIn an...

public

wire report

orlandosentinel.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Florida lawmaker seeks to limit $15 minimum wage approved by voters with ‘training pay’

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS