2008 Connecticut Labor Law Posters

December 7th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

Every Connecticut employer needs to understand that in 2007 a number of changes to the labor laws were made. In 2007, for the first time in ten years, the federal minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $5.85 per hour as a result of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. At least ten states increased their state minimum wage on the same day.

The Connecticut Labor Law Posters that every employer is required to display are:

  • Workers’ Compensation Act 
  • Sexual Harassment 
  • Minimum Wage 
  • Discrimination Notice 
  • Electronic Monitoring 
  • Unemployment Poster

In addition, employers are required to display the following posters by federal law:

  • USERRA – Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
  • Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law 
  • Federal Minimum Wage 
  • Employee Polygraph Protection Act 
  • Family and Medical Leave Act 
  • OSHA-Job Safety & Health Protection

Another increase will occur on July 24, 2008, raising the federal minimum wage from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour. Again, the states that tie their minimum wage to the federal rate will bump their state minimum wages, too.

The 2008 Connecticut labor law posters required by state law are:

More than a dozen states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, 2008. These include Delaware, Oregon, Washington, California, Florida, Iowa, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Vermont, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Montanan and Ohio. The lowest rate to be increased is in Montana, where the state minimum wage will increase from $6.15 per hour to $6.26. In Missouri and New Mexico, the state rate will go to $6.50.

The New Year will bring more changes which will require employers to change labor law posters. Restaurants, bars and casinos and practically every other work environment in Illinois will enact a tough new law banning smoking.

Also, during the 2007, several other states, including Utah, Washington, Oregon, and West Virginia increased their state minimum wage. Both state and federal law require that every employer prominently display the posters in an area where they can been seen by every employee. Popular locations are a bulletin board, near the time clock or in the break room.

2007 also saw other changes that required employers to update their labor law posters. Employers in Ohio had to post new no-smoking signs at all entrances as a result of the establishment of tough new ban on smoking in the workplace.

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2008 Connecticut Labor Law Posters

December 7th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

Every Connecticut employer needs to understand that in 2007 a number of changes to the labor laws were made. In 2007, for the first time in ten years, the federal minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $5.85 per hour as a result of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. At least ten states increased their state minimum wage on the same day.

The Connecticut Labor Law Posters that every employer is required to display are:

  • Workers’ Compensation Act 
  • Sexual Harassment 
  • Minimum Wage 
  • Discrimination Notice 
  • Electronic Monitoring 
  • Unemployment Poster

In addition, employers are required to display the following posters by federal law:

  • USERRA – Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
  • Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law 
  • Federal Minimum Wage 
  • Employee Polygraph Protection Act 
  • Family and Medical Leave Act 
  • OSHA-Job Safety & Health Protection

Another increase will occur on July 24, 2008, raising the federal minimum wage from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour. Again, the states that tie their minimum wage to the federal rate will bump their state minimum wages, too.

The 2008 Connecticut labor law posters required by state law are:

More than a dozen states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, 2008. These include Delaware, Oregon, Washington, California, Florida, Iowa, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Vermont, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Montanan and Ohio. The lowest rate to be increased is in Montana, where the state minimum wage will increase from $6.15 per hour to $6.26. In Missouri and New Mexico, the state rate will go to $6.50.

The New Year will bring more changes which will require employers to change labor law posters. Restaurants, bars and casinos and practically every other work environment in Illinois will enact a tough new law banning smoking.

Also, during the 2007, several other states, including Utah, Washington, Oregon, and West Virginia increased their state minimum wage. Both state and federal law require that every employer prominently display the posters in an area where they can been seen by every employee. Popular locations are a bulletin board, near the time clock or in the break room.

2007 also saw other changes that required employers to update their labor law posters. Employers in Ohio had to post new no-smoking signs at all entrances as a result of the establishment of tough new ban on smoking in the workplace.

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Connecticut USERRA Poster

June 7th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

If you’re an employer, now is the time to bring your Connecticut USERRA poster up to date. That way, all of the latest information will be on display for your workers. In fact, you’re required to do so. USERRA covers the rights of returning veterans, but even if you have no employees in the military, you must display an up to date poster. It’s the law.

The updated poster would reflect the final USERRA regulations, recently released by the U.S. Department of Labor. USERRA is an acronym for the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. It applies to members of the National Guard and Reserve as well as returning veterans, and its purpose is not only to protect veterans but also to insure enforcement of the law and insure that the regulations are periodically clarified.

USERRA’s bottom line is that military personnel have the right to be reinstated to their former non-military jobs, provided the time they served their country was a total of 5 years or less. The time is cumulative, meaning it need not have been served in a single stretch. Some veterans – many of those who were wounded in action, for example – are covered even if they have served up to 7 years.

If conditions have changed during the employee’s military absence and new skills are required in the old job, employers must train – or retrain – that employee’s absence to insure that the worker once again qualifies for employment. If that is not possible, reemployment in another position is required by law.

While an employee is away serving in the military, it’s as if that employee is on any other type of leave of absence, whether maternity or disability.

The system is called the “escalator principle.” Imagine a career as an escalator, advancing upward over time. If the employee must get off the “escalator” for a period, that employee is entitled to the same spot on the escalator after military duty is served, as if he or she had never gotten off.

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The Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service

September 20th, 2006 Posted by Mark

It would be nice as an employer—right?—to have labor law posters delivered to your door whenever you need them. Not only would that save you the effort and allow you to focus all of your attentions on your employees and your business instead of on posters, but it would also save you the trouble of worrying about updates to the poster laws in your state.

Believe it or not, such is the case with the Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service. The Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service allows you to make sure that you are up to date in your posters because, yes, employers, it is your responsibility to make sure that you have the most updated posters in your work site.

The Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service can deliver to you the Connecticut posters that keep you up to speed with the latest laws in the state. For instance, at the moment, the Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service could make sure that you have all six federal postings in your work site that are mandatory, as well as the six state postings that are mandatory too.

Do you know what those state postings are? That’s what I thought. That’s where the Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service comes into play, so you don’t have to know that the six state postings in the Connecticut labor law poster are the unemployment posting, the electronic monitoring posting, the discrimination posting, the minimum wage posting, the sexual harassment posting, and the workers’ comp posting.

The Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service can also get you the six federal postings in the Connecticut labor law posters. I won’t even quiz you here. The six federal postings—all of which can be provided by the Connecticut Labor Law Poster Service—are the OSHA posting, the USERAA posting, the FMLA posting, the Polygraph Protection posting, the minimum wage posting, and the Equal Employment Opportunity posting.

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Compliance Posting Requirements for Connecticut (CT)

September 8th, 2006 Posted by Lindsay

The state of Connecticut has mandated that all employers must post the Connecticut ( CT ) Employment Labor Posters in a location within the business that is easily seen by workers in the building. These labor posters show all of the state and Federal labor laws and explain how employers and employees must comply with those laws. They also give contact information for asking questions or reporting violations of the laws. 

The Connecticut ( CT ) Employment Labor Posters that must be posted at the workplace are: Workers’ Compensation Act, Sexual Harassment, Minimum Wage, Discrimination Notice, Electronic Monitoring, and Unemployment Poster. In addition to these state labor laws, there are Federal Labor Law Posters that must be displayed. These include: USERRA – Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law, Federal Minimum Wage, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and OSHA-Job Safety & Health Protection. 

Connecticut’s labor laws change often, and employers throughout the state have the responsibility of keeping their Employment Labor posters up to date. It’s very important to replace them often, as the laws are continually changing. If the posters are missing or are not current, the employer is in violation of the law. 

I know one law that will be changing very shortly in Connecticut is the minimum wage law. As of January 1, 2007, Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase from $7.40 per hour to $7.65 per hour. So, if you are an employer, please be sure that your minimum wage poster is both accurate and updated. You can check back with our website for detailed information of employment law changes and updates to the posters. I wanted to make sure you knew of this one very important change to the Connecticut ( CT ) Employment Labor Posters. 

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