Miami Labor and Employment Lawyer
A Miami employment lawyer puts agreements and policies in writing for employers and handles disputes over unpaid wages, discrimination charges and contracts when a working relationship breaks down. Aaron Resnick, a Miami employment attorney with Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, represents employers, executives and employees. Aaron knows the law. He knows both sides. And he knows Miami.
What Is the Florida Minimum Wage as of September 30, 2026?
The Florida minimum wage is $15.00 an hour for hours worked in Florida on and after September 30, 2026, the last fixed step in Article X, section 24 of the Florida Constitution. Beginning September 30, 2027, the state calculates an inflation adjustment each September 30, and each adjusted rate takes effect the following January 1.
The rate that matters is the rate in effect when the hours were worked. For covered employees, the method of pay does not by itself remove the minimum wage obligation. The Florida Constitution uses the federal definitions of employer, employee and wage, and chapter 448, Florida Statutes, ties state eligibility to the federal minimum wage.
Aaron Resnick checks the pay records against the rate in effect when the hours were worked.
How Long Does an Employee Have to Sue for Unpaid Overtime?
For an overtime claim covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the limitations period is two years after the claim accrues, or three years for a willful violation. Overtime is owed at one and one half times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, unless the employee falls within an exemption.
Most overtime cases turn on two questions: whether the employee's actual duties fit the claimed exemption and what the time records show. Aaron Resnick reads the job duties against the exemption and the time records against the pay records.
Where and When Is a Discrimination Charge Filed in Miami?
State, county and federal charges run on different clocks. The Florida Commission on Human Relations generally takes a complaint within 365 days under chapter 760, Florida Statutes; the Miami-Dade County Commission on Human Rights generally within 180 days; and the federal EEOC generally within 300 days in Florida. Coverage differs too, so each route needs its own review.
Chapter 760 generally reaches employers with 15 or more employees on each working day in 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year. The county ordinance generally reaches employers with five or more employees in Miami-Dade County in each of four or more calendar weeks in the current year.
A Miami business with five to 14 employees can be outside the state law and inside the county's. Aaron Resnick counts the employees and the weeks before he picks the forum.
Can a Florida Employer Enforce a Non-Compete?
Yes, when it meets chapter 542, Florida Statutes: a writing signed by the employee, a legitimate business interest and a restraint reasonably necessary to protect it. Since August 15, 2025, the CHOICE Act adds a separate track for an employee whose salary exceeds twice the county's annual mean wage.
The firm's page Are Non-Compete Agreements Enforceable in Florida? gives the full rules, and Aaron Resnick drafts, enforces and defends these agreements for employers and employees.
What Should an Employer Put in Writing Before Hiring a Key Employee?
The duties and title, the pay and how bonuses are earned, how the job can end and what is owed when it does, confidentiality, ownership of work product, any promise not to compete or solicit, and where a dispute will be decided. A restrictive covenant that is not in a signed writing cannot be enforced in Florida.
Aaron Resnick drafts those agreements and the handbook policies that go with them, so the paperwork that decides a later claim exists before the claim does.
What Should I Send Before a First Meeting About an Employment Matter?
Send the offer letter or employment agreement, the handbook pages that apply, pay and time records for the period in question, any written warning or termination letter, and any charge, demand letter or complaint received. A short timeline of who said what, and when, helps Aaron Resnick organize the documents and deadlines.
Aaron Resnick's litigation record is on the firm's representative matters page.
Related page: Employment Disputes in Miami
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Aaron Resnick has handled business disputes in Miami since 1998 and is a fourth generation Miami resident. He works hands-on on every case; the client gets Aaron on every major litigation issue, not a junior partner. The Law Offices of Aaron Resnick represents employers, executives and employees in Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties and across Florida in employment agreements, wage claims, discrimination charges and workplace disputes. Call 305-672-7495 or request a consultation.
This page provides general information and is not legal advice. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome.
