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| Since January 1, 2006, our labor law poster team has recorded the following changes in state labor law postings. If you ordered a poster on or after the date listed below, you can be assured you have the most up-to-date version. (Your state has had no changes since January 2006 if it is not clickable). To verify if your labor law posters are current, call one of our representatives at 800-999-9111 or click here for live help.
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Alaska
Minimum Wage
03/30/06 - Information concerning new laws that exempt flight crew members of certain air carriers from overtime payment requirements, and certain
computer occupations from the states minimum wage requirements, has been added to the poster.
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Arizona
Minimum Wage
11/25/08 — The Arizona Minimum wage poster was updated to reflect The new minimum wage rate. The Industrial Commission of Arizona has increased the minimum wage rate to $7.25 per hour effective as of January 1, 2009.
E-Verify
01/08/08 — Effective January 1, 2008, all Arizona employers are required to verify the employment eligibility of new employees through the E-Verify program. The E-Verify rules require employers who use the program to post the E-Verify Participation poster and the Right to Work poster. This is a mandatory change.
Right to Work
01/08/08 — Effective January 1, 2008, all Arizona employers are required to verify the employment eligibility of new employees through the E-Verify program. The E-Verify rules require employers who use the program to post the E-Verify Participation poster and the Right to Work poster. This is a mandatory change.
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Arkansas
Minimum Wage
07/06/07 - The Arkansas Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect a change to the minimum wage rate for gratuities and specific exemptions were updated.
Unemployment Insurance
02/06/07 - The poster was updated to reflect an agency name change. The Arkansas Employment Security Department will now be called the Department of Workforce Services.
Minimum Wage
06/16/06 - The poster was updated with the new minimum wage of $6.25 per hour effective October 1, 2006.
03/29/06 - Poster now clarifies the permissible hours of employment for children 16-17 years of age.
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California
Unemployment Insurance — English and Spanish
01/13/09 — The California Unemployment Insurance poster was updated to reflect that employees may file for unemployment insurance by internet, telephone, and by mailing or faxing an unemployment insurance application to the California Unemployment Development Department. The poster was also updated with new web addresses to use when applying for Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and Paid Family leave benefits.
Minimum Wage — English and Spanish
01/01/07 - The poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.50 per hour effective January 1, 2007 and to $8.00 per hour effective January 1, 2008.
Fair Employment — Spanish
09/15/06 - A new law was recently passed which extends the one-year time limit for filing a complaint of discrimination with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for minors to one year from the date of the minor's eighteenth birthday. The poster was updated with this information and also updated to include information regarding mandatory sexual harassment training.
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Colorado
Minimum Wage
12/01/08 — The Colorado Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $7.28 an hour effective January 1, 2009. The minimum wage for tipped employees will also increase to $4.26 an hour effective January 1, 2009.
Fair Employment
06/17/08 — The Colorado Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect new protected categories under Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Laws. The poster now states that discrimination is prohibited in employment based on "retaliation for engaging in protected activity." In housing, discrimination is prohibited based on "sexual orientation" and "retaliation for engaging in protected activity." In public accommodation, discrimination is prohibited based on "sexual orientation" and "retaliation for engaging in protected activity." The poster was also reformatted and the name of the Executive Director of the Department of Regulatory Agencies and the name of the Director of Civil Rights was added to the poster.
Colorado Minimum Wage — Spanish
01/18/08 — The Colorado Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.02 an hour effective January 1, 2008. The minimum wage for tipped employees also increased to $4.00 an hour effective January 1, 2008.
Colorado Workers' Compensation — Spanish
01/18/08 — The Colorado Spanish Workers' Compensation poster was updated with additional information on who pays for workers' compensation insurance.
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Connecticut
Child Labor — Mercantile
03/12/09 — The Connecticut Child Labor (Mercantile) poster was updated to reflect the new state minimum wage rates. The poster now reflects the current minimum wage rate of $8.00 an hour and the new minimum wage rate of $8.25 an hour effective January 1, 2010. The poster was also updated to include Connecticut's Child Labor regulations.
Child Labor — Restaurant/Hotel/Food Service
03/12/09 — The Connecticut Child Labor (Restaurant/Hotel/Food) poster was updated to reflect the new state minimum wage rates. The poster now reflects the current minimum wage rate of $8.00 an hour and the new minimum wage rate of $8.25 an hour effective January 1, 2010. The poster was also updated to include Connecticut's Child Labor regulations.
Minimum Wage — Restaurant/Hotel Industry
01/16/09 — The Connecticut Minimum Wage poster (Restaurant) was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $8.00 an hour effective January 1, 2009 and will increase to $8.25 an hour effective January 1, 2010. The state also added gratuity allowances to the poster for employees who receive gratuities and bartenders.
Minimum Wage — Mercantile Industry
01/16/09 — The Connecticut Minimum Wage poster (Mercantile) was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $8.00 an hour effective January 1, 2009 and will increase to $8.25 an hour effective January 1, 2010.
Minimum Wage — Administrative
08/28/08 — The Connecticut Minimum Wage poster (Administrative) was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $8.00 an hour effective January 1, 2009 and will increase to $8.25 an hour effective January 1, 2010. The state also added gratuity allowances to the poster; 31% for waitpersons and 11% for bartenders both effective January 1, 2009.
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Delaware
Minimum Wage
06/24/09 — The Delaware Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increate to the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009.
Minimum Wage
11/20/06 - The state minimum wage was increased to $6.65 per hour effective January 1, 2007, and from $6.65 per hour to $7.15 per hour effective January 1, 2008.
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District of Columbia
Minimum Wage
07/10/08 — The District of Columbia Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase to the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $7.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008 and to $8.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009. The poster was also updated with information about the District of Columbia's new Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008, which requires employers to provide paid leave to employees for illnesses and absences associated with domestic violence or sexual abuse. The poster was also updated with information about the Living Wage Act of 2006 and the Enhanced Professional Security Amendment Act of 2008. The state also added the address for the Department of Employment Services to the poster.
Fair Employment
03/06/2007 - The District of Columbia Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect two new protected categories that the District approved and the Mayor signed into law last year. These categories are "gender identity or expression" and "genetic information." The District also consolidated their fair employment, parental leave, and family and medical leave posters into one poster.
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Florida
Minimum Wage — (English and Spanish)
10/22/08 — The Florida Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $7.21 an hour effective January 1, 2009. On July 24, 2009, the state minimum wage will be replaced with the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25. The minimum wage rate for tipped employees will increase from $3.77 to $4.19 effective January 1, 2009.
Minimum Wage - (English and Spanish)
10/27/07 - The Florida Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $6.79 an hour effective January 1, 2008. The minimum wage for tipped employees also increased to $3.77 an hour.
Fair Employment
04/13/06 - Language has been added to the poster in response to changes to the definition of "public accommodations" in the Florida Civil Rights Act.
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Georgia
Workers' Compensation Part 3
08/09/07 - The Georgia Workers' Compensation Part 3 poster was updated to reflect an increase in the maximum weekly income benefit from $450 to $500 and an increase in the temporary partial disability benefit from $330 to $334 per week.
Workers' Compensation
08/05/06 - The poster was updated to reflect that the total compensation payable to a widowed spouse with no children is limited to $150,000. It was previously $125,000.
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Hawaii
No Smoking
12/14/2006 - Hawaii passed a law that prohibits smoking in essentially all enclosed workplaces. Employers are required to post "no smoking" signs. The signs must read "smoking prohibited by law" or show the international "no smoking" symbol.
Notice to Dislocated Workers
05/19/06 - Informs employees of their rights to be notified of possible layoffs or terminations due to certain business transactions taken by their employer. This is a new poster.
Military Leave
05/19/06 - Informational poster notifying employees of their rights under USERRA. This is a new poster.
Minimum Wage
05/19/06 - The state consolidated their minimum wage and wage payment posters into one poster. The new poster was updated to include information on Hawaii's family leave law.
Fair Employment
05/19/06 - Informational poster summarizing employees rights under Hawaii's laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. This is a new poster.
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Idaho
Unemployment Insurance
07/13/07 - The Idaho Unemployment Insurance poster was updated to reflect an agency name change. The agency name changed from the Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor to the Idaho Department of Labor.
Minimum Wage
07/10/2007 - The Idaho Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $5.85 an hour effective July 24, 2007, $6.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008, and $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009.
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Illinois
Minimum Wage (Spanish)
06/22/09 — The Illinois Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum will increase to $8.00 an hour effective July 1, 2009 and $8.25 an hour effective July 1, 2010. The poster was also renamed and reformatted and now includes the Equal Pay Act and the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act posters which used to be separate posters. The poster was also updated with additional information on child labor and unpaid wages.
No Smoking
02/16/09 — The Illinois No Smoking poster has been updated to reflect that smoking in prohibited within 15 feet of any entrance to a place of employment. The poster was also updated to reflect the new Governor, Pat Quinn.
Sexual Harassment
02/16/09 — The Illinois Sexual Harassment poster was updated to clearly reflect where an employee can obtain assistance if he/she is being subjected to sexual harassment or observing sexually harassing behavior. A change in the TTY number has also been made for the Chicago office.
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Indiana
Minimum Wage
08/06/08 — The Indiana Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect that tipped employees must receive at least $9.83 an hour for all hours worked over 40 in a work week. The state also removed the 2007 minimum wage of $5.85 from the poster. The poster now only reflects the current minimum wage of $6.55 an hour and $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009. The state also added Indiana Code Title 22, Chapter 2 to the poster.
Minimum Wage
7/31/07 - The Indiana Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state Minimum wage was increased to $5.85 an hour effective July 24, 2007, $6.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008, and $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009.
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Iowa
OSHA
02/03/09 — The Iowa OSHA poster was reformatted to make it easier for employees to understand their rights to a safe and healthy workplace. The poster was also updated with a new phone number and web address for the Iowa Division of Labor Services and a new address for the Iowa U.S. Department of Labor.
No Smoking
06/12/08 — Iowa recently passed a law that prohibits smoking in essentially all enclosed workplaces. Employers are required to post "no smoking" signs. The signs must contain the telephone number for reporting complaints and the internet site for the Iowa Department of Public Health. No smoking poster must be posted at every entrance to a place of employment. Employers can either post it on door or window that is visible to the outside.
Fair Employment
05/16/08 — The Iowa Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect that employees now have 300 days to file a discrimination complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.
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Kansas
Unemployment Insurance
09/10/08 — The Kansas Unemployment Insurance poster was updated with information on applying for unemployment benefits using an automated phone system. The state also added TTY access phone numbers for the hearing impaired.
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Kentucky
OSHA
10/11/07 - The Kentucky OSHA poster was updated to reflect that employers must now report incidents resulting in an amputation or the in-patient hospitalization of one or two employees within 72 hours.
Unemployment Insurance
09/13/07 - The Kentucky Unemployment Insurance poster was updated with additional information. The poster now includes a statement that an individual must be unemployed through no fault of their own to qualify for benefits. A new section was added to the poster that advises employees who are eligible for workers' compensation benefits that they may be able to use their wages before an injury occurred to qualify for unemployment benefits. In addition, the revised poster now advises workers who are working less than their full-time hours that they may be eligible for partial benefits because of lack of work due to work-related medical restrictions.
Unemployment Insurance
04/19/07 - The poster was updated to reflect that employees can now file for benefits by telephone.
Unemployment Insurance
02/22/06 - The state now publishes a bilingual poster, which employers must display.
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Louisiana
Whistleblower Protection
02/26/09 — Public employers must inform employees of their rights under the Whistleblower statute. The Whistleblower statute protects public employees who report information which they reasonably believe is a violation of any provision of law, or any other acts of impropriety related to the scope or duties of public employment.
Earned Income Credit
02/12/09 — The Louisiana Earned Income Credit poster was updated with 2009 earned income credit amounts.
Age Discrimination
01/13/09 — The Louisiana Age Discrimination poster was updated to reflect that Louisiana's age discrimination law protects individuals who are at least forty years of age.
Genetic Discrimination
01/13/09 — The Louisiana Genetic Discrimination poster was updated with additional information regarding definitions for genetic monitoring, genetic services, genetic test and protected genetic information.
Unemployment Insurance
01/13/09 — The Louisiana Unemployment Insurance poster was updated to reflect additional reasons why an individual may be disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits. An individual may be disqualified from drawing benefits on a claim if they were discharged for the use of illegal drugs.
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Maine
Regulation of Employment
01/12/09 — The Maine Regulation of Employment poster was updated with additional information regarding recent amendments to the state's family and medical leave laws. An employee in Maine is now able to request family and medical leave for a serious illness or death of a sibling who shares joint living and financial arrangements with the worker.
Minimum Wage
05/05/08 — The Maine Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.25 an hour effective October 1, 2008 and to $7.50 an hour effective October 1, 2009. The poster was also updated to exempt certain employees from minimum wage and overtime requirements.
Minimum Wage
09/27/07 - The Maine Minimum Wage poster was updated to clarify the definition of a service employee. A service employee is now defined as an employee engaged in an occupation, such as waiter, waitress, and bartender, who regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips. Under the new definition, tips belong to the employee providing the direct service to the customer and employees cannot be required to pool or share their tips with other employees. The poster was also updated with respect to certain domestic workers and minimum wage and overtime pay.
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Maryland
Minimum Wage
06/30/09 — The Maryland Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009. The minimum wage employers must pay tipped employees also increased to $3.63 an hour effective July 24, 2009.
Equal Pay for Equal Work
1/08/09 — The Maryland Equal Pay for Equal Work poster was updated to reflect new recordkeeping requirements for employers. Employers must now keep records on employee wages, job classifications, racial classifications and gender.
Minimum Wage
07/14/08 — The Maryland Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $6.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008. The Minimum wage for tipped employees will also increase to $3.28 an hour.
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Massachusetts
Unemployment Insurance
04/15/09 — The Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance poster was updated with additional information regarding when an individual can file an unemployment compensation claim. The Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development added the assigned days when an individual can call Teleclaims depending on the last digit of the individual 's social security number.
Minimum Wage
07/10/08 — The Massachusetts Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect the new law making triple damages mandatory if an employer is found to have violated the state's wage and hour laws. The poster was also updated to include information about the state's Small Necessities Leave Act and when travel time is considered working time. The poster was also updated to only indicate the minimum wage effective January 1, 2008.
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Michigan
Minimum Wage
02/05/09 — The Michigan Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect the minimum wage rate effective July 24, 2009 of $7.40 an hour (85% of the minimum wage rate will be $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009). The previously posted minimum wage rates effective September 1, 1997 and October 1, 2008 have been removed from the poster. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth has been renamed to the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.
Unemployment Insurance
07/16/08 — The Michigan Unemployment Insurance poster was updated to reflect that unemployed workers can now choose how to receive their unemployment benefits. Unemployed workers can choose to receive their unemployment benefits through either a debit card or direct deposit into the workers' checking or savings account.
Minimum Wage
03/20/08 — The Michigan Minimum Wage poster was updated to clarify that the 85% rate of $6.29 is valid between July 1, 2008 and July 23, 2008. Effective July 24, 2008, the minimum wage will increase to $6.55 to coincide with the federal minimum wage. The poster was also updated to clarify the definition of tipped employees.
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Minnesota
No Smoking
12/21/07 — Minnesota recently passed a law that prohibits smoking in essentially all enclosed workplaces. Employers are required to post "no smoking" signs.
Child Labor
02/02/06 - The minimum wage has increased in the following categories: for "small-employers" to $5.25 an hour; for "large-employers" to $6.15 an hour; for "training-wage" to $4.90 an hour for employees under age 20 during the first consecutive 90 days of employment.
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Mississippi
E-Verify and Right to Work
06/19/08 — Effective July 1, 2008, Mississippi employers are required to use E-Verify, an Internet-based system operated by the federal government that allows participating employers to verify electronically the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. The E-Verify rules require employers who use the program to post the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work poster.
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Missouri
Minimum Wage
05/08/09 — The Missouri Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect the removal of the learners and apprentices section from the poster. The section stated that any individuals under 20 years of age may be deemed a learner or apprentice and paid the applicable training wage (not less than 90 cents less than the minimum wage) for a period of three consecutive calendar months.
Minimum Wage
1/08/09 — The Missouri Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.05 an hour effective January 1, 2009. Employers of tipped employees are required to pay tipped employees at least 50% of the minimum wage, or $3.525 an hour.
Fair Employment
07/14/08 — The Missouri Fair Employment poster was updated to include a toll-free discrimination complaint hotline number and the full address for the St. Louis office.
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Montana
Minimum Wage
10/28/08 — The Montana Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage will increase to $6.90 an hour effective January 1, 2009. On July 24, 2009, the state minimum wage will be replaced with the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour. This is a mandatory change.
Minimum Wage
10/16/07 - The Montana Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $6.25 an hour effective January 1, 2008. The minimum wage will increase to $6.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008, based on the federal minimum wage increase. This minimum wage is also reflected on the poster.
Minimum Wage
01/01/07 - The poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage to $6.15 an hour effective January 1, 2007.
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Nebraska
Unemployment Insurance
08/17/07 - The Nebraska Unemployment Insurance poster was updated to reflect that employees can file an unemployment insurance claim over the internet at NebraskaWorkforce.com.
Fair Employment
08/17/07 - The Nebraska Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act now applies to employers with 20 or more employees. Previously, “Employer" was defined as a person employing 25 or more employees.
Minimum Wage
07/6/07 - The Nebraska Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $5.85 an hour effective July 24, 2007, $6.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008, and $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009.
Unemployment Insurance
09/12/06 - New required state poster.
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Nevada
Minimum Wage
06/19/09 — The Nevada Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect a change to an exemption to the Nevada Wage and Hours provisions. The exemption applies to an employee in a retail or service business if their regular rate is more than 1 1/2 times the minimum wage, and more than half their compensation for a representative period comes from commissions on goods or services, to the extent allowed pursuant to federal law, not less than one month.
Minimum Wage
05/29/09 — The Nevada Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $6.55 an hour if the employer provides health benefits or to $7.55 an hour if the employer does not provide health benefits. These increases take effect on July 1, 2009. The poster was also updated with the name of the new Director of the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Dianne Cornwall.
Minimum Wage
06/10/08 — The Nevada Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. Effective July 1, 2008, the minimum wage will increase to $5.85 an hour if the employer provides health benefits or $6.85 an hour if the employer does not provide health benefits.
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New Hampshire
Criteria to Establish an Employee or Independent Contractor
01/14/08 — The New Hampshire Criteria to Establish Employee or Independent Contractor poster was updated with additional language to help clarify the criteria for determining employee and independent contractor status.
Unemployment Insurance
01/14/08 — The New Hampshire Unemployment Insurance poster was updated with a new web address for employees to file unemployment insurance claims over the internet. The poster was also updated to clarify who pays for unemployment insurance and with information on the services available for individuals with disabilities.
Minimum Wage
01/04/08 — The New Hampshire Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect a change to the Youth Employment Law. The Youth Employment Law no longer requires written parental permission to work for any 16 or 17 year old youth who has graduated fromCriteria to Establish Employee/Independent Contractor
07/31/07 - Effective August 17, 2007, new law requires that information about the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors be posted.
Minimum Wage
7/6/07 - The New Hampshire Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $5.85 an hour effective July 24th, 2007, $6.50 an hour effective September 1, 2007, $6.55 an hour effective July 24, 2008, and $7.25 an hour effective September 1, 2008.
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New Jersey
Minimum Wage (English and Spanish)
07/02/09 — The New Jersey Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009.
Paid Family Leave Insurance
11/13/08 — The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has issued a new poster concerning the new Paid Family Leave Insurance Law. The new law gives covered employees up to six weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn, a newly adopted child or a sick relative. Benefits will be provided through the State Disability Fund or private insurance plan and employees will begin making contributions to the fund on January 1, 2009, and will be able to receive payments beginning July 1, 2009. All New Jersey employers covered by the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance law must post this poster in a place accessible to all employees.
Payment of Wages
01/02/08 — The New Jersey Payment of Wages poster was updated with additional language regarding the legal status of workers. The poster now states that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development does not investigate or inquire into the legal status of any worker. The Department applies New Jersey's labor laws without regard to a worker's legal status. The Department's Division of Wage and Hour Compliance does not share information with "immigration."
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New Mexico
Minimum Wage
03/06/08 — The New Mexico Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect a new law that amends the state Minimum Wage Act. The new law exempts employees of the state or a political subdivision of the state from certain requirements of the Minimum Wage Act. The poster was also updated with some format changes and the phone number changed for the Santa Fe office of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions.
Minimum Wage
12/28/07 — The New Mexico Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour effective January 1, 2008 and $7.50 an hour effective January 1, 2009. The poster was also updated with additional language and an agency name change.
Fair Employment (Bilingual)
12/28/07 — The New Mexico Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect an agency name change. The New Mexico Department of Labor was renamed to the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions.
Minimum Wage (English and Spanish)
3/29/06 - Tipped employees' hourly wage has increased to $5.60.
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New York
New York Correction Law
12/10/08 — The New York State Department of Labor has released a new poster relating to the employment of persons with prior criminal convictions (Article 23-A). A new law was recently signed by Governor Paterson that requires employers to post a copy of Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law.
Fair Employment (Bilingual Poster)
12/01/07 — The New York Fair Employment poster was updated with language regarding reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. The poster was also reformatted.
Workers' Compensation
03/14/06 - Language has been added to the poster that describes
penalties for not posting this notice.
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North Carolina
Fair Employment — English and Spanish
04/07/09 — The North Carolina Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect a new protected activity under the state's employment discrimination law. An employee involved in a pesticide regulation complaint against an employer is protected from retaliation or discrimination. The poster was also updated with a new email address for the North Carolina Department of Labor.
Right to Work — English and Spanish
04/07/09 — The North Carolina Right to Work poster was updated with additional information regarding the payment of union dues and collective bargaining agreements.
Workers' Compensation — Spanish
04/07/09 — The North Carolina Workers' Compensation poster was reformatted to reflect clear instructions and reporting form requirements for employees. The poster was also updated with additional phone and website resources for employees.
Workers' Compensation — English
02/05/09 — The North Carolina Workers' Compensation poster was reformatted to reflect clear instructions and reporting form requirements for employees. The poster was also updated with additional phone and website resources for employees.
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North Dakota
Minimum Wage
06/28/08 — The North Dakota Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect that the minimum direct wage payable to a tipped employee is $4.39 an hour effective July 24, 2008 and $4.86 an hour effective July 24, 2009. Previously, the poster stated that a tipped employee was entitled to the minimum cash wage. The poster was also updated to only reflect the minimum wage rate and tip credit effective on July 2008 and July 2009. The 2007 minimum wage information was removed from the poster.
Minimum Wage
07/06/07 - The North Dakota Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $5.85 an hour effective July 24, 2007, $6.55 and hour effective July 24, 2008, and $7.25 an hour effective July 24th, 2009. This is a mandatory change.
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Ohio
Minimum Wage
12/15/08 — The Ohio Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.30 an hour effective January 1, 2009. The minimum wage for tipped employees was also increased to $3.65 an hour plus tips effective January 1, 2009.
Fair Employment
04/17/08 — The Ohio Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect a new protected category under Ohio's Civil Rights Act. A new law was passed making military status a protected category in Ohio. The poster was also updated with additional information on all the protected categories including harassment, retaliation and pregnancy discrimination.
Minimum Wage
11/10/07 - The Ohio Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.00 an hour effective January 1, 2008. The minimum wage for tipped employees also increased to $3.50 an hour effective January 1, 2008. This is a mandatory change.
Minimum Wage
05/04/07 - The state added information to the poster regarding individuals exempt from the state's minimum wage.
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Oklahoma
Minimum Wage
03/17/08 — The Oklahoma Minimum Wage poster was updated with additional language regarding the investigation of wage claims.
Minimum Wage
09/27/07 - The Oklahoma Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect that employees will be entitled to recover a penalty equal to two percent of owed wages when an employer violates the state's wage payment law.
Minimum Wage
07/6/07 - In addition to the Federal Minimum Wage posting change, the Oklahoma Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect that the federal minimum wage is no longer $5.15. The state removed the previous minimum wage rate of $5.15 from the poster.
Workers' Compensation
05/01/06 - This poster has been updated to include changes
that were made to the state's workers' compensation law, including an amendment to the statute of limitations period for filing post-termination claims.
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Oregon
Minimum Wage
12/8/08 — The Oregon Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $8.40 an hour effective January 1, 2009. The poster was also updated to indicate that certain employers are required to provide additional rest periods to employees to express milk for a child.
No Smoking
12/8/08 — The Oregon No Smoking poster was updated to reflect a new law which prohibits smoking within 10 feet of entrances of workplaces. The poster now prohibits smoking in the workplace and within 10 feet of entrances. Signs must be posted prominently at each entrance to place of employment.
FMLA Spanish
01/14/08 — The Oregon Family Leave Act poster was updated to reflect a new law that expands the definition of "family member" to include grandparent or grandchild for purposes of a leave of absence under the Oregon Family Leave Act. Employees can now take time off to care for a grandparent or grandchild who has a serious health condition. The poster was also updated to reflect that although family leave is unpaid, employees are entitled to use accrued paid sick leave for family leave taken under the Oregon Family Leave Act. The poster was also updated with phone number and website changes.
OSHA
01/14/08 — The Oregon OSHA poster was updated to clarify that employees have 90 days to file a safety and health complaint with the Oregon Bureau of Labor Industries and 30 days to file a complaint with OSHA.
FMLA
01/07/08 — The Oregon Family Leave Act poster was updated to reflect a new law that expands the definition of "family member" to include grandparent or grandchild for purposes of a leave of absence under the Oregon Family Leave Act. Employees can now take time off to care for a grandparent or grandchild who has a serious health condition. The poster was also updated to reflect that although family leave is unpaid, employees are entitled to use accrued paid sick leave for family leave taken under the Oregon Family Leave Act. The poster was also updated with phone number and website changes.
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Pennsylvania
No Smoking
08/27/08 — Pennsylvania recently passed the Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits smoking in essentially all enclosed workplaces except for a few specifically named exceptions. Beginning on September 11, 2008, smoking is not allowed in public places or workplaces. The law requires employers to post no smoking signs.
Radiation Notice to Employees
07/16/08 — The Pennsylvania Radiation Notice to Employees was updated to reflect that employees must report immediately to their supervisor or the Department of Environmental Protection if they observe a violation or possible safety concern. The poster was also updated to state that employees may be personally subject to enforcement action if through deliberate misconduct an employee causes or attempts to cause a violation or deliberately provides inaccurate or incomplete safety information to their employer or the Department of Environmental Protection.
Minimum Wage
07/10/07 - In addition to the Federal Minimum Wage posting change, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage for small employers (those who employ 10 or fewer full-time workers). The minimum wage was increased to $6.65 an hour effective July 1, 2007, $7.15 an hour effective July 1, 2008, and $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009. The poster was also updated to reflect an increase in the 60-day youth training wage. It will increase to $5.85 an hour on July 24, 2007 and to $6.55 an hour on July 24, 2008. The state also added the 2009 minimum wage rate to the poster.
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Puerto Rico
Fair Employment
01/17/08 — The Puerto Rico Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect another protected category to Puerto Rico's anti-discrimination law. The law was amended to include actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The poster was also updated with a format change and information for nursing mothers in the workplace.
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Rhode Island
Minimum Wage
09/24/08 — The Rhode Island Minimum Wage poster was updated to include information on mandatory overtime for nurses. A hospital may not require certain nurses and certified nurse assistants to work overtime except in an unforeseeable emergent circumstance.
Unemployment Insurance
09/24/08 — The Rhode Island Minimum Wage poster was updated to include information on mandatory overtime for nurses. A hospital may not require certain nurses and certified nurse assistants to work overtime except in an unforeseeable emergent circumstance.
Minimum Wage
03/24/06 — The minimum wage has increased to $7.10 an hour, effective 3/1/06, and to $7.40 effective 3/1/07.
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South Carolina
Labor Law Abstract (Formerly Payment of Wages/Child Labor)
11/25/08 — The South Carolina Payment of Wages poster was updated with information regard the South Carolina Illegal Immigration and Reform Act. This new law requires both public and private employers to verify the work authorization of all new employees, either through the use of E-Verify or by checking the employee's driver's license. The poster was also renamed to the South Carolina Labor Law Abstract poster.
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Tennessee
Fair Employment
05/08/09 — The Tennessee Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect an additional protected class against discrimination. The Tennessee Human Rights Commission has added that it is illegal to discriminate against any person because of creed. The poster was also reworded and reformatted.
Fair Employment
01/19/09 — The Tennessee Fair Employment poster was updated to reflect a recent amendment to Tennessee Human Rights Act. The word "handicap" was replaced with "disability" under the Act. The word "creed" was also removed from the poster. The agency also updated their web address and the physical address to their Middle Tennessee location.
Child Labor
01/13/09 — The Tennessee Child Labor poster was updated with additional information regarding employers' duties to maintain certain records including employment applications and accurate daily time records for all minors. The poster was also reformatted and now includes information on the Wage Regulation Act (Payday Notice).
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Texas
Ombudsman Notice to Employees
01/03/07 - New poster offering, Employer Notification of Ombudsman Program to Employees.
Workers' Compensation (Insured & Uninsured)
08/10/06 - This poster reveals that the agency name has changed from Texas Workers' Compensation Commission to Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation.
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Utah
Workers' Compensation
02/20/09 — The Utah Workers' Compensation poster was updated with additional information on how to report an accident. An employer is required to fill out the employer's first report of injury form and provide employees with a copy. Employers must also send the report to their insurance company and the Labor Commission. The agency also removed the TDD phone number from the poster.
Unemployment Insurance
02/20/07 - The Utah Unemployment Insurance poster was updated to reflect a change in the definition of who is qualified to receive unemployment insurance payments. New information was also added to the poster about using the internet to file claims, jobs, and obtain more information.
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Vermont
Minimum Wage
10/15/08 — The Vermont Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $8.06 an hour effective January 1, 2009. The basic wage rate for tipped employees also increased to $3.91 an hour, with a maximum tip credit allowance of $4.15 an hour.
Minimum Wage
11/30/07 — The Vermont Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect an increase in the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage was increased to $7.68 an hour effective January 1, 2008. The basic wage for tipped employees also increased to $3.72 an hour, with a maximum tip credit allowance of $3.96 an hour.
Minimum Wage
07/06/07 - The Vermont Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect a change in the definition of "service or tipped employee." A "service or tipped employee" is now defined as an employee of a hotel, motel, tourist place, or restaurant who customarily and regularly receives more than $120 per month in tips.
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Virginia
Earned Income Tax Credit
06/22/09 — Virginia employers are required to post a new poster from the Virginia Department of Social Services regarding earned income tax credits. The poster informs employees that they may be eligible for federal and state earned income tax credits and may apply for the credit on their tax returns or receive the credit in advance payments during the year.
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Washington
Workers' Compensation
04/25/09 — The Washington Workers' Compensation poster (self-insured) was updated with information on how to contact the Ombudsman for self-insured injured workers. The poster was also updated with additional contact information.
Workers' Compensation (2 sided)
01/20/09 — The Washington Workers' Compensation poster was updated to reflect additional healthcare providers qualified to treat work-related medical conditions. The poster was also reformatted.
OSHA
01/20/09 — The Washington OSHA poster was updated with additional information regarding when employers must report fatalities to the Department of Labor & Industries. The poster was also reformatted and updated with information regarding employee access to medical records.
Employee Rights
01/12/09 — The Washington Employee Rights poster was updated with information regarding leave for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. The poster was also updated with information regarding leave for spouses of military personnel and was reformatted to make it easier for employees to understand their rights as a worker.
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West Virginia
Unemployment Insurance
07/23/08 — The West Virginia Unemployment Insurance poster was updated with additional information regarding wage classes, weekly benefit rates, and maximum benefit rates. The agency also changed some of their claims offices from full-time claims offices to itinerant claims points.
Unemployment Insurance
08/01/07 - The West Virginia Unemployment Insurance poster was updated with additional information regarding wage classes, weekly benefit rates, and maximum benefit rates.
Minimum Wage
07/10/06 - The poster was updated to reflect new minimum wage rates. Beginning July 1, 2006, the minimum wage rate will increase to $5.85 per hour. The minimum wage will increase to $6.55 per hour on July 1, 2007, and again to $7.25 per hour on July 1, 2008. All three rates are on the poster.
Unemployment Insurance
07/06/06 - The poster was updated with seven additional wage classes.
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Wisconsin
Minimum Wage Part 1
07/13/07 - The Wisconsin Minimum Wage poster was updated to reflect changes in the camp counselor weekly salary rates. The weekly rates for camp counselors were increased effective June 1, 2007.
Minimum Wage
04/17/06 - The minimum wage has increased to $6.50 an hour.
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