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Employers throughout Maine are required to display the labor law posters for Maine in their businesses. The required state and federal postings depend on the type and size of the business. The labor law posters for Maine must be displayed in an area where all employees will be able to easily see them. They also need to be where employees are known to gather. For larger businesses it may be necessary to display the labor law posters for Maine in more than one location.

The labor law posters for Maine don’t need to be updated every year. In fact, they only need to be changed when there is a change in the law. For example, one of the required postings is the Minimum Wage poster. On October 1, 2005, the minimum wage in Maine increased to $6.25 an hour. Therefore, employers needed to make sure they changed that particular poster so that it contained the correct information.

The other required state postings for the labor law posters for Maine are the Whistleblower’s Protection Act, the Video Display Terminal Poster, Workers’ Compensation, Regulation of Employment, Child Labor Laws and Occupational Safety and Health Regulations. Again, not every poster is required in all businesses. For example, the Occupational and Health Regulations is only required in public sector workplaces.

The optional state postings for the labor law posters for Maine are the Maine Human Rights – Equal Employment Rights poster, the Equal Pay Poster, and the Domestic Violence in the Workplace Poster. The Maine Employment Security Act poster must be displayed in any business that must pay the Maine unemployment tax.

Employers need to make sure they always display the state and federal labor law posters for Maine in the appropriate areas. The employers also must ensure that they display the most up-to-date posters. Failure to do either of these is against the law.

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