Labor Law Updates

Keeping you current on the ever changing labor laws

The NLRA Private Industry Employee Rights Labor Law posting date has been delayed to April 30, 2012. After a hearing on the issue, a federal court in Washington, DC requested postponement of the posting rule effective date.  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that the postponement would allow time to resolve pending legal challenges Read more

Effective January 1, 2012 businesses with 20+ employees and non-profits with 50+ employees must post the official 2012 San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) Labor Law poster.  This poster provides that covered businesses must spend a maximum amount on health care benefits for each of their “covered employees”.  Generally, those employees who work 8 Read more

There are mandatory changes to the New Hampshire Minimum Wage Law, as amended, as a result of 2011 enacted legislation. The repealed New Hampshire State minimum wage has been matched with the federal and further clarification with respect to tipped employees has been added to the NH Minimum Wage Labor Law poster.  These changes are Read more

California legislators have been busy this year and so has Governor Brown. He has signed many important labor laws that affect CA employers some of which require immediate updates to mandatory workplace posters. These labor law posters must be displayed in the workplace for employees to view.  Don’t delay… these labor laws are effective January Read more

Compliance Poster Company wants to wish you and your loved ones a very happy Thanksgiving. Whether the day finds you hard at work or taking time off to spend time with friends and family, we would like to extend our special thanks to you, our valued business partners. We will be here to answer your Read more

Illinois recently passed a workers’ compensation bill that makes several changes to the state workers’ compensation system. One important change involves employees’ medical provider choices in the event of injury. Under the old law, an injured worker was entitled to two choices of medical providers. Under the new law, if an employer has a preferred Read more

Vermont Department of Labor has announced an increase in the minimum wage for 2012. The state has also released its updated Minimum Wage Notice. Effective January 1, 2012, the minimum wage rate will increase 31 cents to $8.46 per hour. For tipped employees, the basic wage rate will increase 15 cents to $4.10 per hour Read more

New Jersey has adopted new rules that require employers to conspicuously post a new notice of the employer’s obligation to maintain and report certain employment-related records. The new notice is called, “Employer Obligation to Maintain and Report Records”. What is Covered The following laws are covered on the new recordkeeping rules notice: Wage Payment Law Read more