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Florida’s temp industry extends incarceration into the workplace

There's about 900,000 people in Florida, which is about 4% of the state's population, that are doing temp work on a yearly ...
The Real News Network

How prisons and temp agencies exploit the most vulnerable workers

In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa speaks with Miami-based organizer Katherine Passley about how prison labor, temp agencies, and the 13th Amendment have created a system that traps ...
Yahoo

Temp workers prevail after judge denies staffing agencies a ‘second bite at the apple’

Temporary workers and advocates rallied outside the Statehouse in Trenton on Dec. 19, 2022, to urge support for a bill that would provide protections to temporary workers. (Courtesy of Make the Road ...
JD Supra

Florida Passes SB1718, a State Bill That Will Require Many Florida Employers to Use E-Verify and Increase Penalties for Employment of Aliens without Employment Authorization

On May 10, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis approved Florida Senate Bill 1718 (“SB1718”). Among other things, the bill will amend and expand the current Florida statutes related to employment of aliens ...