Category: Posting Requirements
Feds Figure Out How to Make Workplace Safety a Profit Center – But Not For The Employers
Just in case you missed our earlier post, effective August 1, the Department of Labor issued a new rule implementing significantly higher penalties upon employers for Occupational Safety and Health Act violations. After August 1, the new penalty rates will be effective for any violations which occurred after November...
Is Your Company Complying with Updated Federal Posting Requirements?
On August 1, 2016, the DOL issued updated posting requirements for the Employee Polygraph Protection Act and the Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. If you haven't updated your posters, you should do so immediately. You can print out copies here: - Employee Rights Under the Fair...
Post-It Up or Pay It Up: The Double-It Year Continues
You know how we harp on the easy things? Like having all the required state and federal posting requirements hung in a place where employees can easily find them? This serves as just another friendly reminder that those postings are important. Prior to 2014, the maximum penalty for failing...