Labor Law Updates

Keeping you current on the ever changing labor laws

Compliance Poster Company (CPC) has updated its posters to comply with changes to the lay responder First Aid and CPR/AED materials called for by the American Red Cross. As the essential resource for life-saving techniques and training, Compliance Poster Company relies on the Red Cross for guidance in creating its Choke saving/CPR and First Aid Read more

The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) challenge winning smartphone app, Eat. Shop. Sleep., is one way the DOL is sharing information with the public. Last July, the DOL launched its mobile app challenge, “informAction”, on the US Government’s website Challenge.gov. Challenge.gov is a crowd sourcing website set up so that the public and government can Read more

Rules that ensure fairness in the workplace for job applicants, employees and employers are important. This includes the big business of federal contracts. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, nearly one-quarter of the American workforce works for a federal contractor or subcontractor.  The federal agency responsible for ensuring this workplace fairness is the Office Read more

OSHA’s revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requires all employers with hazardous chemicals in the workplace to have a written hazard communication program. This includes labels, safety data sheets, and employee information and training. Major changes to the Hazard Communication Standard: Chemicals will be classified according to their health and physical hazards. Labels will have a Read more

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released action steps for sun protection as part of “SunWise” their program that radiates good ideas. The SunWise Program addresses the public health threat that overexposure in the sun and ultraviolet (UV) radiation presents. Sun exposure poses a particular threat to outdoor workers. Not only can overexposure Read more

There are mandatory changes to Maine’s Whistleblower Protection Act labor law posting.  Compliance Poster Company has updated its Maine All-On-One state and federal labor law poster incorporating this important change.  Maine Law, Title 26 M.R.S.A. Section 839 requires every employer to place the poster in the workplace where workers can easily see it. The Maine Read more

A federal district court has upheld the National labor Relations Board (NLRB) requirement to post notice advising employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by April 30, 2012. The “Employee Rights” labor law notice must be posted in a conspicuous place, where other notifications of workplace rights and employer rules and Read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico will finally see an increase in the minimum hourly wage rate to $10.29 per hour, effective March 1, 2012. The city has also updated the mandatory Living Wage Ordinance poster. Compliance Poster Company carries the mandatory notice (#31701) in a bilingual format to comply with the municipal requirement that employers post Read more