This document provides 6 quick tips to improve a company's compliance program: 1) Clean up bulletin boards by removing old posters; 2) Purchase electronic postings for remote employees; 3) Self-audit labor law posters to ensure they are up to date; 4) Update or add applicable wage orders; 5) Update fill-in-the-blank posters with current information; 6) Create custom policy postings with company branding to communicate internal policies to employees. Following these tips can help ensure compliance and that employees are informed of their rights.
2. 1. CLEAN UP YOUR BULLETIN BOARD
Is that minimum wage flyer from 1999
still posted? Or are your posters stained
with sauce from the 2010 office chili
cook-off?
A tidy bulletin board can be an effective
tool for communicating a variety of
information to employees, so start the
year off fresh by getting rid of old,
unnecessary posters.
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3. 2. PURCHASE ELECTRONIC
POSTINGS FOR YOUR
REMOTE EMPLOYEES
All your labor law posters at your physical company locations are up-to-date, but
did you know you have to provide these to your remote employees as well?
Implementing an electronic poster program for your employees is the best way
to ensure compliance and make your employees aware of their rights
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4. 3. SELF-AUDIT YOUR LABOR LAW
POSTERS
For employers without QR Code enabled posters, you can audit each poster with the
revision date, also known as “earliest date for compliance." The revision date changes when
there's a mandatory update or a poster is reprinted for inventory. Therefore, the poster
compliance date is on or after the date on your poster.
For posters with QR code technology, reduce the amount of time
required to complete compliance audits with three simple steps:
Locate the QR code on the poster (usually near the bottom)
Scan the QR code with your mobile device
The scan will instantly inform you whether the poster is compliant
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5. 4. UPDATE OR ADD WAGE
ORDERS TO APPLICABLE
LOCATIONS
It's important to stay up-to-date on these, as they are often
required along with the state-wide minimum wage
requirements. Quickly updating or adding these postings can
be a quick fix to ensure you’re covering all wage-related activity.
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6. 5. UPDATE (OR FILL-IN)
YOUR FILL-IN-THE-BLANK
POSTINGS
If this information is not filled out, your posting
is technically not compliant. So, go double
check each of your postings (or have your
locations check) to ensure your labor law
postings are filled in with the most updated
information.
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7. 6. CREATE CUSTOM POLICY POSTINGS
WITH YOUR COMPANY BRANDING
In addition to the required federal, state, county
and city labor law postings displayed in each of
your locations, many companies like yours also
have specific internal policies to communicate to
employees. These include codes of conduct,
open-door policies, safety guidelines and more.
Update these postings to reflect the most
up-to-date policies and company branding. Not
only will your workplaces look professional, your
employees will thank you as well!
CODE OF
CONDUCT
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