What is the Point of Compliance Posters?

Have you ever wondered how businesses decide how much to pay their employees?  Why are employees given breaks after they have worked a certain number of hours or how come a business has to pay a person if they work extra hours known as overtime?  Does an employee have any rights if they are hurt at work or what if they need to take time off due to an illness?  There was a time in the United States when employees in many companies were not treated very well.  The power was in the hands of the owners of the company.  If a person wanted to make money, they would have to accept whatever conditions the workplace offered.  There are people who were able to build large empires because they could treat employees any way they felt necessary.  Profit for the company was more important than the health and welfare of the employees and the family.

The federal and state government eventually started to change the way that companies ran.  They realized that these empires were becoming too powerful and were benefitting only a small fraction of the people in the United States.  These big companies were broken up and there were rules established about how employees could be treated by their employers.  The standards, rules and regulations help to ensure that all employees are paid a fair wage and are allowed to work in a safe and healthy environment.

The problem with the rules and regulations that are known as labor laws is making sure that they are followed.  It is difficult to enforce all of the policies that have been set unless people report the companies that are breaking them.  In order to do that, the employers and employees need to know what the rules are and how they are affected by them.  The way that this is done is business is through the use of compliance posters.  All businesses are required to post the labor law posters that explain the rights of the employers and the employees.  There are federal labor law posters and there are labor law posters for each state.  It is the employers’ responsibility to make sure that the current and proper posters are placed in a conspicuous place in the workplace. If the posters are not up, the business could face fines and other penalties.

It is not a difficult thing for businesses to do.  They do not have to be aware of all of the different rules and regulations that belong on the posters.  There are printing companies that will take care of this for the company.  They will offer business a single poster that contains all of the federal laws along with all of the laws for the state that the business is operating in.  The companies can set up an account to make sure that they get new and updated posters on a regular basis to make sure they are always in compliance.  All the business owner has to do is make sure the posters are put in the right place.  It is a small price to pay when compared to the possible penalties for non-compliance.