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State of Emergency Declared for Florida

Brian W. Smith
Brian W. Smith
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Posted by Brian W. SmithSeptember 05, 2008 1:05 PM
Tags: Florida hurricane, Hurricane Ike, Florida lawyer, Florida state of emergency
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Gov. Charlie Crist has declared of state of emergency for the entire State of Florida as Hurricane Ike approaches the peninsula.

"On Sept. 3, 2008, Hurriccane Ike became the fifth hurricane of the season and the fourth tropical system to threaten the state within the last four weeks," Crist said in the order. "The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that Ike may make landfall along the eastern coastline of the Florida peninsula as a major hurricane."

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Lynn Lipkin
Posted by Lynn Lipkin
September 07, 2008 9:55 AM

If a state of emergency is declared due to a hurricane and your place of employment is closed, as a full time hourly employee, are you entitled to receive pay during that period of time that the state of emergency exists, or is the employer able to close the office and not pay you?

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