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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Iowa Agriprocessor Slapped with a Hefty Fine
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged I9 forms, payroll deductions, W4 Forms on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disregard for labor law is not taken lightly in Iowa. A local agriprocessor has been cited for several violations and occurrences of illegal payroll deductions, illegal frock dedication and several hundred thousand in back pay. The proposed penalties add up to almost $10 million. In May, this same agriproessor was raided for employing almost [...]
Voter Time Off
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws, tagged employee time off for voting, right to vote, state laws for voting time off on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whew! We’re on the home-stretch of the 2008 general election! It’s been intense – especially if you reside in a swing state or in a state with a hotly contested House or Senate seat. With less than 2 weeks to go, employers need to plan and prepare to accommodate employees’ time off for voting. [...]
More States Require E-Verify
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged E-Verify, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, State Labor Law on July 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For more information on this topic see our previous blog post. Mississippi, Rhode Island and South Carolina have joined Arizona and are requiring participation in the E-Verify program. Mississippi The Mississippi Employment Protection Act {SB 2988} was signed into law March 17, 2008, by Governor Haley Barbour. Effective July 1st 2008 all Mississippi agencies and [...]
Why Buy Labor Law Posters?
Posted in Federal Labor Laws, General Labor Law Practices, State Labor Laws on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why Buy When You Can Get it for “Free”? Labor law posters present the first line of communication to inform employers and employees of their rights and obligations regarding employment practices. All U.S. businesses with one or more employees must display the most recent state and federal labor law posters where employees can view them [...]
The Electronic Way to Check Employment Eligibility
Posted in State Labor Laws, tagged Basic Pilot, E-Verify, Empoloyment Eliginility Verification Program on April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
E-Verify (formerly known as the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) is an online verification system that allows employers to confirm the eligibility of new hires by checking the personal information they provide on the Form I-9 against Federal databases. From the federal perspective this program is voluntary and not required by any federal law at [...]
