Labor Law Poster "services"
Karl Entenmann
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Title:
Labor Law Poster "services"
Creator:
Karl Entenmann
Date:
3/13/2006
Text:
Hello esteemed colleagues,
I wrote a few months back that most of us can obtain the required Labor Law Posters at no charge from our state L & I offices and do not have to subscribe to them. Recently, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna sent out the following notice. I would suspect most states follow suit.
December 13, 2005
Consumer Alert: Labor law poster services targeting businesses again.
SEATTLE - Attorney General Rob McKenna and Labor and Industries Director Gary Weeks warned consumers today to be on the lookout for private companies mailing notices that threaten businesses with up to $17,000 in fines, lawsuits and audits for not displaying labor law posters.
The Attorney General's office has received inquiries and complaints regarding notices from Personnel Concepts, also known as PC1 and The Washington Labor Law Poster Service. Both companies sell posters concerning state and federal labor laws. The mailings arrive in envelopes labeled FINAL NOTICE or FINAL REQUEST.
While it's true that employers who fail to post required labor law posters may be fined, these notices make it appear that immediate compliance through purchase of their products is necessary to escape penalties, McKenna said. Readers who fail to read the notices carefully might mistakenly assume they originated from a government affiliated agency and that the government is charging them for the posters.
Employers have the option to purchase labor law posters from a for-profit company, or save money by obtaining them at no charge from government agencies, McKenna said. Employers who have questions bout poster requirements should contact the Department of Labor and Industries.
Many posters can be downloaded from agency Web sites.
Employers can pick up posters required by Labor and Industries at any local L & I office. L & I is encouraging employers to request or download the 2006 Minimum Wage” poster and an updated Your Rights as a Non-agricultural Worker poster.
A required unemployment poster and a five-in-one federal labor law poster are available from any WorkSource Center.
A list of required and recommended posters is available on the Department of Labor and Industries Web site www.lni.wa.gov/IPUB/101-054-000.asp
Media Contacts: Kristin Alexander, Public Information Officer, Attorney General's Office, 206-464-6432, <Email Address Redacted>
Elaine Fischer, L & I Public Affairs, 360-902-5413, <Email Address Redacted>
This information is for Washington State, but many of the posters are national and each state's L & I office probably will offer the same services at no charge. Federal posters can be downloaded and printed from the US Department of Labor website <URL Redacted>
OSHA posters are available at the OSHA web site
<URL Redacted>
Hope this information is helpful.
Karl Entenmann, CPO
Preferred O and P
Federal Way, WA
I wrote a few months back that most of us can obtain the required Labor Law Posters at no charge from our state L & I offices and do not have to subscribe to them. Recently, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna sent out the following notice. I would suspect most states follow suit.
December 13, 2005
Consumer Alert: Labor law poster services targeting businesses again.
SEATTLE - Attorney General Rob McKenna and Labor and Industries Director Gary Weeks warned consumers today to be on the lookout for private companies mailing notices that threaten businesses with up to $17,000 in fines, lawsuits and audits for not displaying labor law posters.
The Attorney General's office has received inquiries and complaints regarding notices from Personnel Concepts, also known as PC1 and The Washington Labor Law Poster Service. Both companies sell posters concerning state and federal labor laws. The mailings arrive in envelopes labeled FINAL NOTICE or FINAL REQUEST.
While it's true that employers who fail to post required labor law posters may be fined, these notices make it appear that immediate compliance through purchase of their products is necessary to escape penalties, McKenna said. Readers who fail to read the notices carefully might mistakenly assume they originated from a government affiliated agency and that the government is charging them for the posters.
Employers have the option to purchase labor law posters from a for-profit company, or save money by obtaining them at no charge from government agencies, McKenna said. Employers who have questions bout poster requirements should contact the Department of Labor and Industries.
Many posters can be downloaded from agency Web sites.
Employers can pick up posters required by Labor and Industries at any local L & I office. L & I is encouraging employers to request or download the 2006 Minimum Wage” poster and an updated Your Rights as a Non-agricultural Worker poster.
A required unemployment poster and a five-in-one federal labor law poster are available from any WorkSource Center.
A list of required and recommended posters is available on the Department of Labor and Industries Web site www.lni.wa.gov/IPUB/101-054-000.asp
Media Contacts: Kristin Alexander, Public Information Officer, Attorney General's Office, 206-464-6432, <Email Address Redacted>
Elaine Fischer, L & I Public Affairs, 360-902-5413, <Email Address Redacted>
This information is for Washington State, but many of the posters are national and each state's L & I office probably will offer the same services at no charge. Federal posters can be downloaded and printed from the US Department of Labor website <URL Redacted>
OSHA posters are available at the OSHA web site
<URL Redacted>
Hope this information is helpful.
Karl Entenmann, CPO
Preferred O and P
Federal Way, WA
Citation
Karl Entenmann, “Labor Law Poster "services",” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226357.
