If you run a business and have employees, there are a slew of federal and state Labor Law posters you’re required to post where employees can see them each day一and Healthcare Agencies like Home Health and Hospices are no exception.
These are often called Compliance Posters, Workplace Posters, or Labor Law Posters. They include things like federal and state minimum wage posters, federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal USERRA, non-discrimination notices, as well as other Labor Law posters that are related to health care, safety, workers’ compensation, prevailing wage rates, sick days, and more. The labor law poster requirement was designed to communicate to workers their rights under state and federal employment laws.
State and federal employment laws and regulations require all agencies to post at each of their locations, in an area frequented by all employees, all applicable, current, required federal and state employment law notices. Because Labor Law postings are required by various government agencies, agencies may be subject to fines and lawsuits for failure to display the required up-to-date workplace notices. Failure to post the required, current state and federal employment law notices can result in fines up to $17,000.
While most agencies don’t have the manpower to go door-to-door inspecting businesses to see if all the labor law posters are up-to-date, if your business is not in compliance with posting rules, a complaint from an employee or random inspection might cause your company to get a warning or incur a fine. Thus the prudent course of action is simply to comply with the law and display mandatory labor law posters.
But finding required state and federal labor law posters and updating them can be confusing. The federal government has a service called Elaws – First Step Poster Advisor that can help your company determine which federal labor law posters you are required to display. They also have pages on their state labor department website that can help you identify which state posters you need to display and the federal government mostly makes these required labor posters available to businesses to download for free.
The problem, however, is that it can take hours to identify and find the posters you need. Do you have the time to scour over these websites, download them one by one, and post multiple pieces of paper一paper that can easily be ripped or lost on your agency bulletin board? Plus all the state and federal updates? Keeping up with everything that ought to be posted and making sure that the most current notices are posted in the workplace can be a really real chore.
But that’s what we’re here for! GooZam makes it easy for every California Healthcare Agency like yours! As trusted creators of the Big Red Book on Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Preparedness Poster, and COVID-19 Poster, now we’re here to once again simplify compliance with the all-in-one Labor Law Poster that your agency wants and needs! We combine all the state and federal regulations into two posters and make them available in a laminated format so they don’t get ripped or bent out of shape. Our all-in-one Labor Law Poster has the most up-to-date notices and reflects the latest mandatory updates, including:
Avoid placing your agency at risk by posting the most updated requirements in your workplace.
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