2008 Kentucky Labor Law Posters

December 7th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

Every employer in Kentucky should take a few minutes during this busy season to update his or her 2008 Kentucky labor law posters.

The past year has brought myriad changes in labor law throughout the nation. And, more changes are on the way. California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and ten other states will be raising their state minimum wage as of January 1, 2008.

Many of these changes affect labor law posters, which is why it’s important to update the posters at least once per year.

The official list of required 2008 Kentucky labor law posters include:

  • Discrimination Notice 
  • Unemployment Insurance 
  • OSHA – Health and Safety Protection 
  • Child Labor 
  • Workers’ Compensation 
  • Wage Discrimination

In addition to the state posters, federal law requires that every employer in the nation display a number of posters. These include:

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

A number of these posters have been updated for 2008.

Many labor law poster changes throughout the nation related to minimum wage increases this year, or next year. West Virginia and Illinois will increase their minimum wages on July 1, 2008. Illinois’s current minimum will jump from $7.50 to $7.75, and West Virginia’s will go up from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour.

On July 24, 2008, the new federal minimum wage of $6.55 will be introduced. States like Texas, Nebraska and others that tie their state minimum wage to the federal minimum wage will bump up their state minimum wage.

Several states including Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and others established laws that provide an annual cost-of-living increase for the state minimum wage. States often tie this increase to the Consumer Price Index for urban and clerical workers. Florida just recently passed such a law and will apply their first “cost of living” raise on January 1, 2008, bumping their current wage from $6.65 to $6.79 per hour.

The rank of highest state minimum wage goes to Washington at $8.07 as of January 1, 2008. California and Massachusetts aren’t far behind each with $8.00 per hour. Oregon’s wage ranks in the top five with $7.95 per hour.

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Kentucky USERRA Poster

June 7th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

This is the time to update your Kentucky USERRA poster. That way you, as an employer, guarantee that the latest information on job rights for returning veterans is on display at your workplace. According to law, the most accurate poster must be displayed, whether or not you have employees serving in the military. The newest regulations have been released by the U.S. Department of Labor, and apply to the pension plans of veterans returning to their old jobs after military duty.

As you may know, USERRA is the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. It clarifies the law, outlines veterans’ protections, and streamlines enforcement. USERRA regulations cover members of the Reserve and the National Guard as well as other veterans.

USERRA guarantees a number of rights to employment and reemployment of veterans returning to their old jobs. In general, however, these rights can be best expressed by the so-called “escalator principle.” Visualize the employee’s position on an upward-moving career as a step on an escalator. If that employee must get off the step to serve in the military, the employee is entitled to that old step, even though it has advanced in his or her absence.

Employees, in other words, have a right to all of the seniority, job status, and pay hikes they would have received had they never left. That includes promotions. The employee also has the right to be retrained. If conditions have changed in the evolving marketplace and a returning employee’s skills lag behind changes, you as an employer must retrain that returning worker, updating and upgrading his or her skills. If that is simply not possible, you must offer reemployment in an alternative position.

Employees on a military leave are entitled to those benefits available under other forms of leave of absence. They must be granted the same benefits given to people on disability or maternity leaves.

Veterans returning must be reinstated with all these rights if they have served 5 years or less in the military. Some injured veterans retain those rights up to 7 years.

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Kentucky Labor Law Posters

September 20th, 2006 Posted by Mark

We’re bouncing around the continent of North Americas, my friends. Heck, we’ve even bounced off the continent a couple times to visit the labor laws in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, not to mention Alaska’s and Hawaii’s. So where will we end up next to look at labor law posters. Why, Kentucky of course! The Blue Grass state and home of the most famous horse race in all the land is also home to one unique set of Kentucky Labor Law Posters.

We may have looked at them before, but time and space allows us to look once more at the Kentucky Labor Law Posters. For starters, consider that the Kentucky Labor Law Posters contain the six federal posters that are also mandatory in most any other state or territory that we’ve looked at.

These six federal postings are the USERRA posting, the FMLA posting, the OSHA posting—and now for those without acronyms—the Equal Employment Opportunity posting, the employee polygraph protection posting, and the federal minimum wage posting.

The Kentucky Labor Law Posters also contain six state postings, making 12 total. Those six state postings include the wage discrimination posting, the discrimination notice, the state OSHA and health requirements posting, the posting for unemployment insurance, the workers’ compensation posting, and the child labor posting.

In particular, those two discrimination posters are just that—two distinct postings in the Kentucky Labor Law Posters. The wage discrimination postings is particular to how employers must pay their employees the same amount of money for the same type of work no matter if one is a man and one is a woman.

Of course, this posting in the Kentucky Labor Law Posters goes into the exceptions to this rule, such as if one employee has more experience or seniority at the place of employment, or because of a set system of merit that differentiates one employee from the other.

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State of Kentucky (KY) Mandatory Labor Employment Poster Requirements

September 11th, 2006 Posted by Lindsay

I was just reviewing the Kentucky ( KY ) Employment Labor Posters, and I noticed there have been quite a few changes in 2006. These are definitely worth mentioning to you today because it is vital for both employers and employees to keep up with the changes. The Kentucky Wage and Hour, Child Labor, and Wage Discrimination notices have all changed. These are posters that are required to be displayed in the workplace, so consequently all the related posters have to be updated at every place of employment. Most employers probably already know that it is their sole responsibility to keep up with the changes and replace the posters. Posters that are missing or outdated can cost the employer in the form of a fine or a citation.

In addition to the three posters mentioned above, Kentucky also requires that employers post the Unemployment Insurance, OSHA – Health and Safety Protection, and Worker’s Compensation notices in a place where employees congregate, like the break room or the lunch room.

Besides the Kentucky employment labor posters, there are several Federal posting requirements. These include the following posters: 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.

If you’re an employee, it’s really important to familiarize yourself with these laws, and to notice when the posters change—which is often! The posters are placed there for you, so that you can read the notices explaining about the various laws. In addition to learning a little bit about the Kentucky Employment labor laws, you’ll know where to go for help in case you ever need to act on any of these notices. Keep visiting our website, and we’ll keep you apprised of other changes.

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State of Kentucky (KY) Labor Law Compliance Posting Regulations for Employers

September 5th, 2006 Posted by Derrick

Today I would like to tell you about the labor law posters for Kentucky. The labor law posters for Kentucky are required to be displayed in workplaces throughout Kentucky. The posters outline both federal and state employment laws. It’s the employer’s responsibility to make sure the correct posters are displayed in the correct places.

It’s the law that the labor law posters for Kentucky must be displayed in a conspicuous place in the workplace. This means the posters must be in an obvious spot so that all employees will be able to see them. Often in break room or beside a time clock is a good spot for the labor law posters for Kentucky. The employer must be sure the posters are in the appropriate place. The employer must also make sure the posters are kept up-to-date.

The required postings for each workplace depend on the type and size of the business. There are a possible six labor law posters for Kentucky that must be displayed. The state required postings are: Child Labor Law, Safety and Health Protection on the Job, Equal Employment Opportunity, Wage and Hour Laws, Unemployment Insurance Benefits, and Wage Discrimination. Many of the state labor law posters for Kentucky are very similar to other states but they aren’t exactly the same. For example, Kentucky considers anyone under eighteen to fall under the Child Labor Laws while in many other states the age is sixteen.

Each employer must make sure that the labor law posters for Kentucky are displayed in the proper places and that they contain the correct information. Each employee must make sure he/she knows where the labor law posters for Kentucky are located and what information is on the posters. The labor law posters for Kentucky should help protect all the workers in businesses across Kentucky.

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