Guidelines On How To Put Up Labor Law Posters In Your Workplace

By law, the employer in every American business is required to display labor law posters 2013 in places that can be easily accessed and read by all the employees in the organization. These Labor Law posters are usually placed in break rooms or restrooms. Spanning approximately 3 feet by 2 feet, these posters contain all the statements pertaining to employees in the various acts passed by legislations.

The following are some vital points regarding the various requirements of Labor Law postings. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration, known as OSHA for short, has issued mandates, which require every business located in the United States of America that has employees, must post the labor law posters listing all the various employee rights where they can be read clearly. Some of these rights are an official order or commission mandated by Federal Law as well as others as mandated by the State Law. The state laws vary from one state to the next, but the federal employee regulations must be displayed in placed of employment.

There are some specific conditions fulfilling which an employer may not put up labor law posters in the business’s premises. These conditions are:

• The business has no employees

• The business employs only contracted employees

• The business employs only volunteers

• The business is owned by a family

According to the mandates by federal law, there are some required postings, which must be present on every labor law poster. Some of these required postings are:

• Equal Employment Opportunity Is The Law

• Migrant And Seasonal Worker Protection Act

• Federal Minimum Wage 2009

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• Notice To All Employees Working On Federal Construction Projects

• Notice To All Employees Working On Government

• Employee Right For Workers With Disabilities / Special Minimum Wage

• Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws

• Uniformed Services And Reemployment Rights Act

• Employee Polygraph Protection Act

• Family And Medical Leave Act

• Anti-Discrimination Notice And Many Others

According to the 1998 Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA), employers are not allowed to use lie detector or polygraph tests, be they for pre-employment candidate screening or during the tenure of employment. Employers usually do not require or even request their employees to take a polygraph test. Discriminating against an applicant for employment, or an existing employee who has refused to take the lie detector test by invoking the other employee rights is also forbidden by this act.

The State Law requirements vary across different states. A business employer is required by law to put up labor law posters in English and Spanish if the business’s roster of employees contains 10% or more employees who speak Spanish as a native language, not an acquired one and the business’s premises are located in the states of:

• Arizona

• California

• Florida

• Georgia

• New Mexico

• North Carolina

• New York

• Texas

Understanding their rights is important for all employees because not only does it foster trust between the employer and the employees, but also leads to a productive and harmonious work environment, free from any discriminatory discord.