The Uniqueness of State Labor Posters

Federal labor law posters are amazing ways to capture the interest of the people while teaching them something very valuable. All that the employees need to do is to look up to the posters during their break time and the words will eventually sink into their unconscious. Indeed, a very potent way to arm employees with the proper information about labor rights.

But people already recognize the benefits of having such posters in the workplace. It is a fact which is unchallenged (and it is also the very reason why the state mandates all work places to have such paraphernalia). What needs to be discussed is the reason behind creating a single poster for each of the 50 states in America.

One Poster, One State

There are many reasons why these labor law posters are being manufactured and based per state. The reason is really basic: if the congress were to pass a law, it will still be debated and reviewed in various states before it is applied in that particular area. And thus, one law bill may already passed as a law in one state while it is still pending in another. Thus, to make things simple, these posters were categorized per state.

In addition to that, certain states use languages apart from American English. Depending on the number of people who use a minority language in the US (i.e. French, Spanish), a labor law poster might translate certain passages in another language in order to make room for better understanding among immigrants and dual-citizenship employees alike. A good example is the poster especially made for Florida. The Discrimination Act was included in this poster but beside it is a translation of the same law translated in Spanish. The Florida labor law poster is indeed an amazing feat which only showcases how each state could be different from another.

We cannot deny the fact that each place has a different culture from the others. In the same way, we treat each American state as a unique entity which requires labor posters especially created for that specific state. In this way, people will be able to concentrate on memorizing things that are applicable to their state—and memorizing the rest of the labor laws are based on their discretion already. For as long as they get the gist of what applies to them, the medium (the posters) have succeeded in their task.