There are five federal labor law notices that covered
employers must post to ensure compliance with federal
requirements:
Equal Employment Opportunity — requires employers to give all applicants an equal opportunity to be hired, and helps prevent employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability.
Fair Labor Standards Act/Federal Minimum Wage — requires employers to pay a set minimum wage of $6.55 per hour.
OSHA — requires employers to provide employees a safe workplace.
Employee Polygraph Notice — prevents most employers from subjecting applicants or employees to a lie detector test.
FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) — requires covered employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid,
job-protected leave to eligible employees.
EEOC revises its mandatory posting — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made some changes that affect the language of your required postings. Definitions have been broadened and various regulations have been clarified. As a result, all of G.Neil's labor law posters are newly revised. This includes our Federal Easy-Post™ labor law poster® and Bilingual Federal Easy-Post labor law poster®.
The EEOC changes include the following:
Vietnam-Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 — the definition of veterans has been expanded.
Private employment, state and local governments, educational institutions section of the poster — expands the list of organizations and agencies that are required to comply with EEOC regulations.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — new language has been added describing religious discrimination in the workplace and reasonable accommodations.
Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits sex discrimination, has been clarified to include jobs that require equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 — has been clarified to explain that employers are required to reasonably accommodate disabled workers unless the accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the employer.
New section added — what to do if you believe discrimination has ocurred. This section explains that there are strict time frames allotted for filing employment discrimination charges and includes the contact phone number and mailing address of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).