Every so often, we hear about people or companies using less than scrupulous methods to increase their poster sales. Notably, a handful of companies have sent official-sounding warnings that insist companies buy unneeded labor law poster updates or face fines. Even more brazen, some people impersonate government agents or contractors, claiming to perform spot inspections [...]
Archive for the ‘State Labor Laws’ Category
Door-to-Door Compliance Scam
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws, tagged Houston, Labor and Employment Law, Law, Poster, Regulatory compliance, Texas Workforce Commission on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
State Minimum Wages Rise And One City Tops $10/hour
Posted in General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws, tagged 2011, January 1, Minimum Wage, minimum wage increase, state minimum wage increase on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
San Francisco, one of a few cities that mandate a higher minimum wage than their state, has adjusted their minimum wage to $10.24 and become the first area in the country to surpass a $10/hour minimum wage. San Francisco’s minimum wage, like many state minimum wages, updates every year on January 1st based on the [...]
Florida Forced To Raise Minimum Wage
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged Florida Labor Law, Minimum Wage, state minimum wage increase on May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is an update to the post “Lawsuit Over Florida Minimum Wage”. A recent ruling in the state of Florida will force the state to raise its minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $7.31 an hour – a difference of $124.80 per year for minimum wage earners working 40 hours per week – effective [...]
Lawsuit Over Florida Minimum Wage
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged Florida Labor Law, Lawsuits, Minimum Wage on January 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Update: “Florida Forced To Raise Minimum Wage“ Like many states, Florida’s minimum wage rate is determined in part by inflation, and thus requires an annual evaluation and wage adjustment. However, in 2010, Florida did not raise its minimum wage. Florida Legal Services and the National Employment Law Project feel that the wage should have been [...]
New Minimum Wage Amounts – 2011
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged minimum wage increase, state minimum wage increase on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the time of year when many states announce their minimum wage for the coming year. We’re putting all of this information in one post so it’s easy to find. All of the wages below are effective 1/1/2011 but in most cases the updated posters are available now. Arizona: Old wage – $7.25 | [...]
Washington Minimum Wage
Posted in General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws, tagged consumer price index, indexed minimum wage, washington minimum wage on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Washington, like many states, ties their state minimum wage to inflation, adjusting it every year to reflect the cost of goods. Since its 1998 inception, this system has functioned smoothly as the wage adjusts upward every year – until last year. Last year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell for the first time, and instead [...]
California Updates Workers’ Compensation Poster – First Mandatory Update Since 2007
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged California Labor Law Posters, workers' compensation on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
California has historically been an active state for labor law changes but due to budget shortfalls over the last few years the pace of labor law updates has slowed. The recently announced change to the Notice to Employees – Injuries Caused by Work poster is the first change employers are required to post since the [...]
California OSHA Update: Should You Update Your Posters?
Posted in General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws, tagged California Labor Law Posters, OSHA Poster, Researching Labor Laws on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many labor law poster suppliers have advised customers that last month’s California OSHA update is mandatory to post. GovDocs is advising our customers that it is a highly recommended update. This presents a great opportunity for us to explain how our research team determines if an update is mandatory to post. We watch for new [...]
July – An active month for Minimum Wage Increases
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, State Labor Laws, Uncategorized, tagged federal minimum wage increase, state minimum wage increase on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The month of July brings about minimum wage increases in several states and at the federal level. States with rolling increases that already have the 2009 rate reflected on the current version of the poster include: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Kentucky: Effective July 1 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Idaho, Indiana, Montana: Effective July 24 Effective July, 24, 2009, the [...]
Illinois Workers Make National Headlines
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws, tagged back pay, Lay offs, WARN, Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently laid off workers from an Illinois window factory grabbed national headlines this weekend and have been labeled by many in the media as the “symbol of the economy”. The workers are staging a sit-in at their former workplace after they were abruptly released on Friday by the cash-strapped window manufacturer. The workers claim [...]
