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NEW ARIZONA LABOR LAW POSTER
Arizona Minimum Wage Increase Included in Updated Labor Law Poster
February 18, 2009 – An increase in the Arizona minimum wage from $6.90 per hour to $7.25 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2009 is included in a mandatory labor law poster issued by the Industrial Commission of Arizona.
The Arizona minimum wage is adjusted every January 1 by any increase in the cost of living.
Arizona has also revised its mandatory Unemployment Insurance poster to include a new section stating that the Arizona Department of Economic Security prohibits discrimination. The poster also includes a new TTY/TDD phone number for the hearing impaired.
New Posters Available
The revised Minimum Wage and Unemployment Insurance posters are 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.
NEW JERSEY LABOR LAW POSTER REVISED
New Family Leave Insurance Poster Required for All New Jersey Employers
February 18, 2009 – A new poster concerning Family Leave Insurance provisions of the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law must be displayed by employers under a new program that provides for payments beginning on July 1, 2009.
New Jersey will provide up to six weeks of Family Leave Insurance benefits for covered employees to bond with newborns or newly adopted children and to care for a family member with a serious health condition.
The new law allows for the bonding with a child during the first 12 months after the child’s birth, if the covered employee or the domestic partner or civil union partner of the employee is a biological parent of the child.
The law also allows for family leave during the first 12 months after the placement of a child for adoption with the covered employee.
Benefits will be provided through a New Jersey State Plan or an employer-provided private plan approved by the state’s Division of Temporary Disability Insurance.
Under the state plan, employers have been authorized to deduct contributions from wages of covered employees beginning Jan. 1 of this year. These deductions must be noted on the employee’s pay envelope, paycheck or some other form of notice.
New Posters Available
The Family Leave Insurance poster is included in a New Jersey labor law poster set offered by Poster Compliance Center. The posters meet all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
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Poster Compliance Center Advises U.S. Employers That Mandatory New Federal FMLA Poster Is Now Available
Regulations Effective Jan. 16th
Lafayette , Calif., December 19—The Poster Compliance Center Research Department advises U.S. employers that the U.S. Department of Labor published the long awaited final federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster on Dec. 18th. These new regulations become effective Jan. 16, 2009.
The new version of the required FMLA poster incorporates military family leave amendments signed into law last January, as well as numerous other changes. Poster Compliance Center has published an updated all-in-one federal poster, which already included the August 2008 Equal Employment Opportunity change and 2008-09 federal minimum wage increases.
Among the other changes in the FMLA final regulations are increased notice obligations for employers, technical changes from court decisions, guidance on “serious health condition”, and information on waiver of rights, “light” duty status, medical certification process and “fitness-for-duty” evaluations.
The FMLA applies to all covered employers, which means those with 50 or more employees. Public agencies and public and private elementary and secondary schools are also covered regardless of the number of employees.
According to the U.S. DOL Employment Standards Administration, “every employer covered by the FMLA is required to post and keep posted on its premises, in conspicuous places where employees are employed, a notice explaining the Act’s provisions.”
Further information about the FMLA final regulations can be found on the U.S. DOL FMLA website at www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule.htm.
To order an all-in-one state and/or federal poster or subscribe to Poster Compliance Center’s 1-Year Compliance Protection Plan for worry free compliance with unlimited automatic updates for all required changes, go to here and here. These updates will keep your company in compliance in areas like OSHA, minimum wage, equal opportunity, discrimination and of course the new FMLA.
Environmentally friendly “Go Green” posters are now available from Poster Compliance Center, printed on recycled paper using soy based inks.
For any other compliance posting questions, contact Poster Compliance Center at 800-322-3636 or at www.postercompliance.com.
Poster Compliance Center , which has been in business since 1991, is a leading publisher of all-in-one labor law posters as well as specialty workplace and safety posters.
OREGON LABOR LAW POSTER UPDATED
The Updated Oregon Labor Law Poster Includes New 2009 Minimum Wage
February 18, 2009 – Oregon has increased its minimum wage from $7.95 per hour to $8.40 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2009. The minimum wage increase is included in a mandatory labor law poster issued by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
The 2009 minimum wage increase is the result of a ballot measure passed by Oregon voters in 2002. That measure requires an annual minimum wage adjustment to be made each September for the following calendar year based on any changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index.
In addition to the new minimum wage rate, the revised poster clarifies which employees must be paid overtime. It also includes information about a new requirement for certain employers to provide additional rest periods to employees to express milk for a child.
A new No Smoking poster has also been added to the list of mandatory workplace postings for Oregon employers. The new poster is required by amendments to the Oregon Smokefree Workplace Law passed in 2007.
Most Oregon businesses must be smoke free and smoking is not allowed within 10 feet of the building under the new law that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2009.
New Posters Available
The Minimum Wage and No Smoking posters are included in an Oregon labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
NEW MARYLAND LABOR LAW POSTER
New Recordkeeping Requirements Included in Updated Maryland Labor Law Poster
February 18, 2009 – Maryland has updated its Equal Pay for Equal Work poster to include a new requirement that employers keep records of employees’ racial classification and gender in addition to the existing categories of wages and job classifications.
The Maryland Commissioner of Labor may analyze the records to determine any pay disparity among employees.
New Posters Available
A revised Equal Pay for Equal Work poster is included in a Maryland labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
COLORADO LABOR LAW POSTER REVISED
Updated Labor Law Poster Includes Increase in Colorado Minimum Wage
February 18, 2009 – An increase in the Colorado minimum wage from $7.02 per hour to $7.28 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2009 is included in a mandatory labor law poster issued by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
The Colorado minimum wage is adjusted annually for inflation at the end of each year and goes into effect on January 1 of the next year.
Colorado’s Minimum Wage Order 25 Poster also includes an increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees – from $4 an hour to $4.26 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2009. An address and fax number that were included in the previous minimum wage poster have been deleted from the revised version.
New Posters Available
A revised Minimum Wage Order Poster is included in a Colorado labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
POSTER COMPLIANCE CENTER ADVISES U.S. EMPLOYERS FINAL FEDERAL FMLA REGULATIONS PUBLISHED
NEW FMLA POSTER EXPECTED SOON
Lafayette , CA, November 19,2008—The Poster Compliance Center Research Department advises U.S. employers that the U.S. Department of Labor published the long awaited final regulations for the federal Family and Medical Leave Act on Nov. 17th. The new regulations go into effect Jan. 16, 2009, sixty days after publication in the Federal Register.
A new version of the required FMLA poster is expected to be issued shortly, according to the Department of Labor’s FMLA Team. It will incorporate military family leave amendments signed into law last January, as well as numerous other changes. As soon as the official text of the revised FMLA poster is issued, Poster Compliance Center will publish an updated all-in-one federal poster, which already includes the August 2008 Equal Employment Opportunity change and 2008-09 federal minimum wage increases.
Among the other changes in the FMLA final regulations are increased notice obligations for employers, technical changes from court decisions, guidance on “serious health condition”, and information on waiver of rights, “light” duty status, medical certification process and “fitness-for-duty” evaluations.
The Family and Medical Leave Act applies to all covered employers, which means those with 50 or more employees. Public agencies and public and private elementary and secondary schools are also covered regardless of the number of employees.
Further information about the FMLA final regulations can be found on the U.S. DOL FMLA website at www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule.htm.
To order an all-in-one state and/or federal poster or subscribe to Poster Compliance Center’s 1-Year Compliance Protection Plan for worry free compliance with unlimited automatic updates for all required changes, go to here and here. These updates will keep your company in compliance in areas like OSHA, minimum wage, equal opportunity, discrimination and of course the new FMLA.
Environmentally friendly “Go Green” posters are now available from Poster Compliance Center, printed on recycled paper using soy based inks.
Poster Compliance Center , which has been in business since 1991, is a leading publisher of all-in-one labor law posters as well as specialty workplace and safety posters.
NEW PENNSYLVANIA LABOR LAW POSTER
Pennsylvania Updates Child Labor Law Poster
Nov. 14, 2008 – Pennsylvania has updated its Child Labor Law poster to include new information about the availability of aids and services for individuals with disabilities.
The revised poster, required for employers who hire minors, also states that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program.
Toll free numbers for two of the Department’s Bureau of Labor Law Compliance offices have also been added to the poster. One office address has been changed from the previous poster.
New Posters Available
An updated Child Labor Law poster is included in a Pennsylvania labor law poster set offered by Poster Compliance Center. The posters meet all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
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FEDERAL LABOR LAW POSTER REMINDER
FROM POSTER COMPLIANCE CENTER
November 5, 2008, Lafayette, CA -- Is your federal labor law poster up to date? If your federal poster does not include two recent changes, you will need to update it.
These changes include the new federal minimum wage of $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008, and the federal “Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law” (EEO poster), which was updated as of August 2008.
Required for all employers of 15 or more, the revised EEO poster includes new information about religious discrimination, and expanded definitions of equal pay for equal work and discrimination on the basis of sex.
For a limited time, if you need to update your federal poster you can sign up for a new Email Update Notification account and Poster Compliance Center will give you a free federal labor law poster!
In addition, the Department of Labor has confirmed that an updated federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster will be issued after regulations are finalized incorporating new amendments to the FMLA passed earlier this year by Congress. Once you are signed up for the Update Notification program, you will be notified as soon as the updated FMLA poster is available.
You can now choose environmentally friendly posters, thanks to the Go Green labor law posters from Poster Compliance Center. These are printed on recycled sturdy paper stock using soy based inks without lamination.
Poster Compliance Center will even plant a tree through American Forests if you purchase a Go Green 1-Year Compliance Protection Plan.
Click here to order an all-on-one state or federal poster or subscribe to Poster Compliance Center’s 1-Year Compliance Protection Plan for worry free compliance, with unlimited updates sent automatically whenever laws change.
NEW YORK LABOR LAW POSTER REVISED
New York Employers Must Post New Correction Law Poster
Nov. 14, 2008 – A new poster relating to the employment and licensing of persons with prior criminal convictions must be displayed by New York employers under a new law that goes into effect on Feb. 1, 2009.
The New York Corrections Law prohibits unfair discrimination against persons who have been convicted of one or more criminal offenses. It also outlines a number of factors to be considered by an employer concerning an employee’s previous criminal conviction.
Those factors include whether there is a direct relationship between one or more of an employee’s previous criminal offenses and the specific license or employment sought by an individual.
Another mitigating factor is whether the issuance or continuation of the license or the granting or continuation of a previously convicted criminal’s employment would involve “an unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general public.”
New Posters Available
The New York Corrections Law poster is included in a New York labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
FLORIDA UPDATES LABOR LAW POSTER
Updated Florida Labor Law Poster Includes New 2009 Minimum Wage
Oct. 30, 2008 – Florida has issued an updated labor law poster that includes an increase in the state’s minimum wage from $6.79 per hour to $7.21 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2009 through July 23, 2009.
Florida’s minimum wage is recalculated each year based on the Consumer Price Index. On July 24, 2009, the new federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour will replace Florida’s minimum wage.
The mandatory labor law poster also includes an increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees from $3.77 per hour to $4.19 per hour, in addition to tips. Florida’s minimum wage for 2008 has been removed from the revised poster.
The changes in minimum wage rates for Florida employees were also made to the Spanish section of the poster.
New Posters Available
An updated minimum wage poster is included in a Florida labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state’s workplace posting requirements for general employers.
NEW MICHIGAN LABOR LAW POSTER
Michigan Adds New Payment Options to Employment Security Act Poster
Oct. 30, 2008 – Michigan has updated its Employment Security Act poster with new options for receiving unemployment benefits that include a debit card or direct deposit payment into a recipient’s checking or savings account.
In addition, the mandatory poster issued by the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth now states that workers must be both qualified and eligible to receive unemployment benefits.
The previous poster said only that workers must be qualified for unemployment benefits.
To be qualified for benefits, an employee must make a certain amount of wages during a base period. To be eligible for benefits, a worker must be unemployed and able to, available for and actively seeking work.
The revised poster also includes new information about assistance that is available for individuals with disabilities.
New Posters Available
A revised Employment Security Act poster is available in a Michigan labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center. The poster meets all of the state’s labor law posting requirements for general employers.
