No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any employee by reason of such employee’s valid claim for compensation or attempt to claim compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Law.
Fla. Stat. § 440.205
Coercion of employees
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 440–440 (92 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Frazier-White v. Gee (2016)
Most recently applied in Roderick Billups v. Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (October 2017)
History.--s. 17, ch. 79-40; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.