Florida General Contractor Exam — All Questions

Within how many days must a Florida employer report a newly hired employee to the Florida New Hire Reporting Center?

• a.Within 20 days of the hire date✓
• b.Within 30 days
• c.Within 3 business days
• d.By January 31 of the following year

Florida employers must report every newly hired or rehired employee to the Florida New Hire Reporting Center within 20 days of the hire date; this feeds child-support enforcement. (The 3-business-day figure applies to I-9 Section 2.)Fla. Stat. § 409.2576

A construction employer that operates with employees but carries no workers'-compensation coverage faces what enforcement consequence in Florida?

• a.Automatic revocation of the contractor's license by DBPR and no monetary penalty
• b.A written warning for a first violation, with no stop-work order
• c.A flat $250 fine per uninsured employee
• d.A stop-work order plus a penalty of twice the premium that should have been paid✓

Operating an uninsured construction crew exposes the contractor to a stop-work order and a penalty equal to twice (2x) the evaded premium.Fla. Stat. § 440.107

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to private employers with how many employees, and what does it provide?

• a.15 or more employees; up to 12 weeks of paid, job-protected leave
• b.25 or more employees; up to 6 weeks of unpaid parental leave a year
• c.50 or more employees; up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave✓
• d.20 or more employees; unlimited paid sick leave

FMLA applies to private employers with 50 or more employees (within a 75-mile radius) and entitles eligible employees to up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. The leave is unpaid, and eligibility also requires 12 months and 1,250 hours of service.29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.

On which construction projects does the federal Davis-Bacon Act require paying the DOL-determined local prevailing wage and filing certified payroll?

• a.Federally funded or federally assisted construction contracts over $2,000✓
• b.All Florida construction jobs over $100,000, under the state wage statute
• c.Any private construction job over $50,000 in contract value
• d.Only projects using union labor

Davis-Bacon applies to federally funded or assisted construction contracts over $2,000, requiring local prevailing wages plus certified weekly payroll (WH-347). Florida has no state 'little Davis-Bacon' law—prevailing wage is a federal-funding trigger, not a state one.40 U.S.C. §§ 3141–3148