Every
employer in the US must know what Labor Law notices they must post in their
workplace. As per the mandates issued by the labor laws, every business having
at least one employee need to ensure compliance with the Federal, State and
OSHA notice posting requirements at their workplace. This is to ensure that the
employers inform their employees of their labor and employment rights and enable
them with a better understanding of what is expected of them. Employment law
posters need to be displayed in highly conspicuous locations including
reception rooms, break rooms, lunch areas, or where the employees gather most
of the times. Any failure to post these notices will lead to fines and
litigations during inspections. Labor law posters concern with both federal and
state mandated workplace posters. This article highlights the six Federal
Posters that are mandatory for businesses as per the Federal Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA). To start with, the federal government has at least 6
general required labor law postings for all the employers in the US. In
addition, there are also up to 5 other postings that some kinds of workplaces need
to post. This article brings these requirements to surface.
The
six mandated federal labor law posters that are common to all the
employers include Minimum Wage compliance poster, Occupational Safety and
Health Act (OSHA) poster, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) poster, Family
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster, Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
notice, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
notice/poster.
It
is crucially important for employers to stay in compliance with the labor law
notices posting requirements. This means they need to constantly update the
said workplace notices from time to time when there are some revisions made in
the labor laws. A greater percentage of these changes are mandatory and must be
incorporated in the updated notices. In an average hundreds of labor law
changes happen during a typical year. Most of these changes will require the
employers to display new posters. Subscribing to a labor law poster service is
one of the easiest ways for businesses to stay in compliance by getting the
updated posters from time to time.
Some
states have mandated that the employers post bilingual labor law notices. The
businesses located in AZ, CA, FL, GA, NM, NC, NY or TX need to make a note of
this. If about 5 percent of your Spanish-speaking employees are using English
as their second language, you must post employment law notices in both English
and Spanish. Even if your business is not located in anyone of these states
mentioned, you must display bilingual notices if you have Spanish speaking
employees who cannot read English.
The
other federal labor law notices that are mandated include Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA), Consolidated Omnibus Protection Act (COBRA), Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), Davis-Bacon Act, Equal Pay Act (EPA), Executive
Order 11246, Executive Order 13201, Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act
(GINA), National Labor Relations Act, Rehabilitation Act, Service Contract Act,
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vietnam-Era Veterans' Readjustment
Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Walsh-Healey Act.
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