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We’ve covered a lot of ground when it comes to the many state posters across this country, from Alabama to Wyoming, Alaska to Florida, and even into the U.S. territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. But what we haven’t devoted enough time to are the developments coming out of Washington D.C. In other words, we haven’t looked close enough at the Department Of Labor Posters.

There are six mandatory Department Of Labor Posters in the United States. These posters, like the state posters, must be posted in employers work sites across the Union with few exceptions. The Department Of Labor Posters must be located in a work site where all employees have access to them on a regular basis. And the Department Of Labor Posters must be changed and updated when necessary.

The main six Department Of Labor Posters include the USERRA posting. This posting specifically deals with employees who are members of the American armed services. For instance, the posting explains what responsibilities to them that their employers must have when they are called up to active duty.

Another on the main six Department Of Labor Posters includes the Family and Medical Leave Act posting, which explains how national law allows employees to take up to six weeks time off from work, nonpaid, for medical reasons for themselves, or for issues of a sick family member.

The third main posting in the Department Of Labor Posters that we’ll consider is the federal minimum wage act, which explains how the federal minimum wage throughout the country is $5.15. Of course, in certain instances, state minimum wages supercede the federal wage, but where the Fair Labor Standards Act applies, then so does the federal minimum wage.

The other the three Department Of Labor Posters include the Equal Employment Opportunity posting, the Polygraph Protection Act, and the OSHA workplace safety rules and regulation posting.

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