Miami-Dade County enacted a “Wage Theft” Ordinance effective March 1,2010 at the urging of the South Florida Wage Theft Task Force, which
includes labor unions among its members. The Ordinance invokes the County’s police power to “eliminate the underpayment or nonpayment of
wages.” An employer in Miami-Dade who simply fails to pay appropriate wages may now be found to have committed “wage theft.” As reported in
the Bureau of National Affairs’ Daily Labor Report, Miami Dade County is the first county in the country to have passed an ordinance prohibiting “wage theft.” Interestingly, Miami-Dade County Commissioners excluded the County from coverage.
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