Major Labor Law Changes in January 2008

As of today 10 states have already announced that they will have major changes in their state poster requirements effective Jan. 1, 2008.

New Mexico has a new minimum wage as of Jan. 1, 2008, and the minimum wage will be adjusted for inflation every January 1 in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon and Vermont. Washington is also changing, although its minimum wage poster is recommended rather than required.

All of these states will issue revised minimum wage notices before the end of the year. If you have a business in any of these states—or if you do not have a federal poster with the new federal minimum wage on it – you will need to update your posters.

You can order an all-on-one state or federal poster or subscribe to Poster Compliance Center’s 1-Year Compliance Protection Plan with unlimited updates sent automatically whenever laws change.

Federal Minimum Wage Update

On July 24th the federal minimum wage increased for the first time in 10 years! Not only is it mandatory for employers to conspicuously display up-to-date labor law posters, it also helps protect them from disgruntled employees or frivolous employee lawsuits.

All employers with even 1 employee covered by the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act are now required to post the new federal minimum wage poster. It does not matter if your state has a higher minimum wage or if you pay all of your employees more than the minimum wage – you are still required to update your federal minimum wage poster.

Furthermore, if your state has had recent changes to its minimum wage notice (as many have, such as Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, etc.), you also need to post an updated state minimum wage notice.

If you have not updated your posters yet, you can order an all-on-one federal poster (and a state poster if necessary) or subscribe to Poster Compliance Center’s 1-Year Compliance Protection Plan and take the worry out of staying in compliance!