Most
people have seen a labor law poster
either at their bathrooms or break rooms but have never really given it a
thought what the whole idea is all about. This is roughly a 3ft x 2ft poster.
In addition to not taking the troubles of reading what is contained in the
poster, most people are as well not aware of the importance of having them
posted by most businesses in US. Essentially, just like in every other state,
there are requirements for posting Arizona labor poster which every business must comply with. Perhaps the basic question we should ask
ourselves is where do these posters come from and who really authorizes them?
In
USA, Occupational Safety & Health Administration, commonly known as OSHA,
requires that every business in California must conspicuously post California labor law poster in an open
place in the business premises. This applies to every other state in USA where
the business must post labor laws of the state it operates in. These labor law
posters are simply an outline of the rights of the employees working in the
business. Whereas some rights of these employees are mandated and authorized by
Federal law, state law mandates others where a particular state has specific
regulations regarding its employees.
There
are some requirements for posting labor law poster and some business will have
to post them while others don’t need to post the posters. For instance, a
California based business with no employees need not to post California labor
law poster which is also the case with a business that has only volunteers or
contract employees. If the business is a family owned enterprise, you also
don’t have to post employee rights. Federal law mandates businesses to make 9
postings such as Federal Minimum Wage, Equal Employment Opportunity is the law,
Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and
some others.
Posting
requirements of labor posters vary from one state to another. If your Arizona
business has more than 10% Spanish-speaking employees, then you are required to
post Arizona labor poster in both
English and Spanish languages. This also applies in some other states such as
CA, GA, NC, TX, FL and few others. However, this regulation is specifically
applies to Spanish language and no other foreign language in USA. Labor law
posters include some interesting facts on employee rights that many employees
are not aware about. To get a deeper understanding of your rights, you can
browse the internet and check at your state labor law posters.