§ 25-2. Definitions.

(a)

Employee shall mean a natural person who performs work within the geographic boundaries of the county while being employed by an employer, but shall not include any bona fide independent contractor.

(b)

Employer shall include any person who, either individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person, acts directly or indirectly in the interest of a person or entity employing an employee, or any third-party labor provider, but does not include the United States or the State of Florida.

(c)

Independent contractor shall have the same meaning as in the Internal Revenue Code and implementing federal regulations.

(d)

Wages shall mean any form of monetary compensation that an employee earns through employment, whether daily, hourly, or by piece, including tips, bonuses, and applicable overtime pay, whether exempt or non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, state, or local laws. In no case shall the wage rate be less than the highest applicable rate established by operation of any federal, state or local law.

(e)

Reasonable time shall be presumed to be no later than fourteen (14) calendar days from the date on which the work is performed unless the employer has established, by policy or practice, a pay schedule whereby employees earn and are consistently paid wages according to regularly recurring pay periods in which case such pay schedule shall govern.

(f)

Threshold amount shall mean sixty dollars ($60.00).

(Ord. No. 2015-21, § 1, 3-16-15)