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1. 7 HARD TRUTHS
No One Tells You About
Labor Law Poster Compliance
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2. Displaying out-of-date labor law
posters not only leads to fines and
litigation, it’s also a disservice to your
employees.
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If your company receives a few fines, this may seem manageable.
But, imagine if each of your locations was fined. The totals add up,
and this doesn’t include the fines you may owe the employees if
faced with litigation.
Litigation may cost your business money and its reputation. So,
show your employees the company supports their rights by
displaying current labor law posters.
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3. Labor law posting display can be
complicated, as you need to consider
the size, font and display location.
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Labor law postings have specific sizes that are easily visible to your
employees. For example, the Occupational Safety and Health
Association (OSHA) Job Safety and Health posting must be 8.5 by 14
inches with a 10-point font to be compliant.
Also, labor law postings must be displayed in a conspicuous area.
This means any common space where most of your employees visit
daily, such as a break room or kitchen.
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4. Compliance vendor scams are real,
and they may happen to you.
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Here are a few you should watch out for:
Poster Update Notices
This type of scare tactic presents itself as an urgent notification message
(email, call, etc.), but instead contains a poster update order form. Many
recipients will submit payment to avoid non-compliance and receive a
potentially unnecessary poster.
“Open Immediately” Letter to Company Locations
With this type, an individual location of your company will receive an urgent,
“open immediately” message (email, mail, etc.) with a fine warning. Locations
often fall for this type of scam as they believe the message is from the
corporate office.
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5. The $15 minimum wage is a reality, and
it’s not slowing down.
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As this trend continues, we expect to see even more jurisdictions
enacting their own minimum wage laws, including:
- Seattle, New York City and Sunnyvale, CA (now)
- New York State (by 2021)
- California (by 2022)
- Minneapolis, MN (by 2024)
The number of accompanying posting updates may increase as well,
adding yet another layer to your labor law poster compliance
strategy.
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6. You may not have to replace every
single labor law poster each year.
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It’s tempting to purchase new labor law posters at the beginning of
the year to guarantee compliance. However, your current posters
may still be perfectly compliant.
To perform an audit, you may need to cross-reference the print date
on your posters with posting effective dates, provided by issuing
agencies or poster vendors.
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7. You may need to display labor law
postings in additional languages.
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Some postings require you to display Spanish-language postings if
you have 10% or more Spanish-speaking employees. Others require
posters in additional languages because of the state, county or city
your locations in which your locations reside.
A few examples include:
Berkeley Minimum Wage - Required if more than 5% of the
workforce is Spanish-speaking
Arizona Prohibition of Discrimination - Required for all employers
Bernalillo County Minimum Wage - Required for all employers
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8. You can’t be sure each company location
has displayed new or updated posters.
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You spend time, money and resources to ensure your company locations
have the most up-to-date labor law posters. However, once delivered,
you can’t be sure your location manager has displayed the posters.
Often, posters are misplaced in a back room - or completely forgotten -
until the next update shipment arrives. Or, the locations simply add the
poster to the wall, without removing the old one.
Consider implementing a labor law poster display verification program,
such as GovDocs PosterCheck .
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