(1) An employer who employs a person with a developmental disability is not liable for the acts or omissions, negligent or intentional, of the employee if:
(a) The employee receives or has received supported employment services through a supported employment service provider; and
(b) The employer does not have actual notice of the actions of the employee which created unsafe conditions in the workplace.
(2) A supported employment service provider that provides or has provided supported employment services to a person with a developmental disability is not liable for the actions or conduct of the person which occur within the scope of the person’s employment.
(3) As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Developmental disability” has the same meaning as provided in s. 393.063.
(b) “Supported employment service provider” means a not-for-profit public or private organization or agency that provides services for persons in supported employment, as defined in s. 393.063.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2011-231.
Structure Florida Statutes
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.39)
768.041 - Release or covenant not to sue.
768.0415 - Liability for injury to parent.
768.043 - Remittitur and additur actions arising out of operation of motor vehicles.
768.07 - Railroad liability for injury to employees.
768.0705 - Limitation on premises liability.
768.075 - Immunity from liability for injury to trespassers on real property.
768.0755 - Premises liability for transitory foreign substances in a business establishment.
768.0895 - Limitation of liability for employers of persons with disabilities.
768.091 - Employer liability limits; ridesharing.
768.092 - Special mobile equipment; liability of lessors.
768.093 - Owner liability limits; powered shopping carts.
768.096 - Employer presumption against negligent hiring.
768.098 - Limitation of liability for employee leasing.
768.10 - Pits and holes not to be left open.
768.11 - Pits and holes; measure of damages.
768.12 - Motor vehicle colliding with any animal at large on a public highway.
768.125 - Liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication.
768.1256 - Government rules defense.
768.1257 - State-of-the-art defense for products liability.
768.13 - Good Samaritan Act; immunity from civil liability.
768.1315 - Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighters’ Assistance Act; immunity from civil liability.
768.1325 - Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; immunity from civil liability.
768.1326 - Placement of automated external defibrillators in state buildings; rulemaking authority.
768.1335 - Emergency Medical Dispatch Act; presumption.
768.1345 - Professional malpractice; immunity.
768.135 - Volunteer team physicians; immunity.
768.1355 - Florida Volunteer Protection Act.
768.136 - Liability for canned or perishable food distributed free of charge.
768.137 - Definition; limitation of civil liability for certain farmers; exception.
768.138 - Interruption of electric utility service by order of law enforcement; immunity.
768.1382 - Streetlights, security lights, and other similar illumination; limitation on liability.
768.14 - Suit by state; waiver of sovereign immunity.
768.23 - Protection of minors and incompetents.
768.24 - Death of a survivor before judgment.
768.25 - Court approval of settlements.
768.295 - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) prohibited.
768.31 - Contribution among tortfeasors.
768.35 - Continuing domestic violence.
768.36 - Alcohol or drug defense.
768.38 - Liability protections for COVID-19-related claims.
768.381 - COVID-19-related claims against health care providers.
768.382 - Limitation of liability for certain voluntary engineering or architectural services.
768.39 - Immunity for educational institutions for actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.