Revised Mississippi Labor Law Poster

Mississippi Revises Unemployment Insurance Benefit Poster

Mississippi has issued a revised labor law poster that includes a new online address to apply for unemployment insurance benefits. Applications for benefits may also be filed by telephone.

The mandatory Unemployment Insurance for Employers poster now states that those who become unemployed may report to their nearest Mississippi Department of Employment Security WIN Job Center for work search assistance.

The previous poster told the newly unemployed to report to a WIN Job Center to file a claim for unemployment benefits and to file an application for work.

In addition, the revised poster now states that aids and services are available for individuals with disabilities and that the Department of Employment Security is an equal opportunity employer/program.

New Posters Available

A revised Unemployment Insurance for Employees poster is included in a Mississippi labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state's workplace posting requirements for general employers.

Alabama Revises Labor Law Poster

Child Labor Laws Poster Updated

Alabama has revised its Child Labor Laws poster to include a new requirement that employers display employment certificates to employ minors aged 14 to 17. The employer must renew the certificates annually.

The mandatory poster states that a Class 1 Certificate is required to employ minors aged 16-17. Minors under 14 years of age may not be employed.

Work permits had been the only required document in the past to hire minors in Alabama.

New information has been added in the "Work Times Restriction" section of the poster for minors under age 19. Federal child labor laws are no longer included in the poster.

A new section of the poster states that no minor employee aged 14 to 15 shall work more than five hours continuously without a documented 30 minute meal or rest period. There is no break law for employees aged 16 and above.

Another new section states that the Alabama Department of Labor has the right to enter, without warrant or notice, any business establishment hiring minors to conduct routine inspections.

The poster also includes a new section regarding the employment of minors in establishments serving alcohol.

Minors aged 14-15 may not work in an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold, served or dispensed for consumption. Minors 16 years of age and older may be employed in such establishments as busboys, janitors, dishwashers, cooks, hostesses or seaters.

A new restriction on the poster states that children of parents who own their own business are not exempt from Alabama Child Labor Law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland Revised Labor Law Poster

Maryland Revised Labor Law Poster with Minimum Wage Increase

Maryland has issued a revised mandatory labor law poster that includes an increase in the state's minimum wage from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

This increase is going into effect because Maryland's minimum wage is automatically replaced with the federal minimum wage if it is higher than the state rate. The federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009.

The amount that employers are allowed to pay tipped empoyees increases from not less than $3.28 per hour on the revised Maryland Wage & Hour Fact Sheet.

Poster Compliance Center Advises U.S. Employers That New Federal Minimum Wage Poster Is Not a Required Change

2007 Revision of the Federal Minimum Wage Poster "Is Still Valid", According to the DOL Wage & Hour Division Website

A revised federal minimum wage poster has been issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), dated July 2009. However, the 2007 revision of the federal minimum wage poster "is still valid", according to the DOL Wage & Hour Division website. Our Research Department has also confirmed this information directly with the Wage and Hour Division.

The 2007 federal minimum wage poster is already on our current all-in-one federal poster dated 12/08. It includes all three steps of the minimum wage increase ending with the final increase to $7.25 per hour as of July 24. Employers who have this poster are still in compliance.

The July 2009 revision of the minimum wage poster issued by the U.S. DOL includes only the current federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour effective July 24. There are also changes in the "Enforcement" section of the poster.

According to the Wage and Hour Division website, "every employer of employees subject to the Fair labor Standard Act's minimum wage provisions must post, and keep posted, a notice explaining the Act in a conspicuous place in all of their establishments so as to permit employees to readily read it."

 

New Mexico Revised Labor Law Poster

New Mexico Adds Retaliation Prohibition to Minimum Wage Act Poster

New Mexico has revised its minimum wage poster to include a new provision that prohibits employers from discrimination against any person for asserting a claim under the state's Minimum Wage Act.

The mandatory poster now states that it is a violation for an employer to discharge, demote, deny promotion or discriminate in any way against a person for asserting a claim or right pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act.

The anti-retaliation provision also applies to anyone who assists or informs another person about employment rights or other rights provided by the law.

The New Mexico minimum wage is $7.50 per hour as of Jan. 1, 2009.

New Arizona Labor Law Poster

Arizona Issues New Workplace Exposure To MRSA Poster

Arizona has issued a new mandatory labor law poster that explains how employees can file a claim if they are exposed to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Spinal meningitis or tuberculosis in the workplace.

Under provisions of Arizona's Workers' Compensation law, claims can be filed for significant exposure in the workplace to aerosolized MRSA, spinal meningitis or TB bacteria. Significant exposure can also mean exposure in the workplace to MRSA through bodily fluids or skin.

The new poster must be posted next to the Arizona Workers' Compensation Notice to Employees.

New Posters Available

A new Work Exposure to MRSA, Spinal Meningitis or Tuberculosis poster is included in an Arizona labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state's workplace posting requirements for general employers.

Missouri Updated Labor Law Poster

New Minimum Wage Included on Updated Missouri Labor Law Poster

Missouri has issued a revised labor law poster that includes an increase in the minimum wage rate from $7.05 per hour to $7.25 effective July 24, 2009.

The poster also includes new information about annual changes in the state's minimum wage rate.

The previous version of the poster stated that Missouri's minimum wage could increase or decrease on Jan. 1, 2010 and on Jan. 1 of successive years based on any increase or decrease in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

The revised poster states that Missouri's minimum wage may increase on Jan. 1, 2010 based on any increase in the cost of living. However, the minimum wage will not decrease on that date because it cannot be lower than the federal rate of $7.25 per hour.

A section of the poster regarding learners and apprentices has also been removed from the minimum wage poster.

New Jersey Updated Labor Law Poster

Updated New Jersey Labor Law Poster Includes 2009 Minimum Wage Increase

An increase in the state's minimum wage from $7.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009 is included in a revised New Jersey labor law poster.

The mandatory New Jersey Wage and Hour Abstract poster also includes a number of changes regarding those employees who are exempt from the state's minimum wage provisions.

Full-time students employed by the college or university at which they are enrolled at not less than 85 percent of the effective minimum wage rate are now included in a list of employees exempt from the state's minimum wage provisions.

Other language revisions in the "Exemptions" section of the poster include changing "salesmen" to "sales person," "statutory minimum rate" to "statutory minimum wage rate" and "mercantile" to retail."

Florida Revises Labor Law Poster

Florida Revises Labor Law Poster to Include New Minimum Wage

Florida has issued an updated labor law poster reflecting an increase in the state's minimum wage to the federal rate of $7.25 per hour that went that went into effect on July 24, 2009.

Florida's minimum wage, which increased from $6.79 per hour to $7.21 per hour on Jan. 1, 2009, was in effect until the federal rate became higher. The new Florida minimum wage will be effective until the Florida rate exceeds the federal rate.

The Florida minimum wage is recalculated ever September 30th based on the Consumer Price Index and takes effect on January 1 of the next year unless the federal rate is greater. The previous minimum wage poster stated only that the Florida rate takes effect every January 1.

The revised madatory Minimum Wage poster also notes that the federal minimum wage for tipped employees increased to $4.23 per hour as of July 24, 2009.

New York Revises Labor Law Poster

New York Revises Minimum Wage, Discrimination Posters

New York has issued an updated labor law poster that includes an increase in the state's minimum wage rate from $7.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

The mandatory poster has also been revised to eliminate a paragraph titled "NYS Minimum Wage Increase." This paragraph stated that any increase in the federal minimum wage above the state rate would result in an increase in New York's minimum wage.

In addition, New York has revised its discrimination poster to include "Domestic Violence Victim Status" in the list of prohibited discrimination categories.

The mandatory poster issued by the New York Division of Human Rights now includes eleven specific categories for which discrimination is prohibited in employment and other proceedings and transactions in the state.