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 A compliance protection plan is helpful for employers who want to insure that their labor law posters are up to date.

Many states, however, increased their minimum wages on January 1 of 2009. The 2009 minimum wage posters should be updated now. The federal minimum wage law increases on July 24, 2009.

Subscribing to the compliance protection plan helps insure that, for a nominal fee, employers will be sent t the required updated posters whenever necessary. The posters are durable and easy to read as well.

Federal minimum wage posters should have been updated in July of 2008, when the minimum wage increased from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour. They will be updated yet again on July 24, 2009 when the minimum wage increases.

With inflation higher than normal in 2008 because of the cost of both gasoline and food, some states which provide annual cost-of-living hikes will see increases that are greater than usual.

The Florida minimum wage, for example, is going up 42 cents, from $6.79 an hour to $7.21. In Oregon, the minimum wage is up by 45 cents an hour, compared to last year’s 12 cents. In Missouri, the minimum wage rate goes up 40 cents an hour. While in 2008 it was $6.65 an hour in 2008, and is $7.05 in 2009.

The highest minimum wage nationwide is in Washington, where a hike of 48 cents brings the total to $8.55 per hour. The smallest increase is in Colorado, where the rate climbs by 26 cents hourly, bringing it to $7.28.

Other states, while they do not have automatic cost of living increases, pass minimum wage hikes either through citizen action or through action of the legislature.

In New Mexico, the minimum wage (more…)

Employers have received fair warning from theWashington Division of Labor & Industry that they must update Washington labor law posters before January 1, 2009. The agency reports that a number of companies are not in compliance. In particular, several have neglected to update their federal labor law posters since the increase on July 24, 2008.

Although the Washington minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage, federal law still requires that Washington employers prominently display the federal poster, as well as state posters.

The required Washington labor law posters include:   (more…)

Employers should take a few minutes to update their 2009 minimum wage posters.

Every employer is required by law to display a number of labor law posters, including those on the federal and state minimum wage. These posters must be updated each time the law is changed.

The best way for employers to keep labor law posters updated, is to subscribe to a compliance protection plan. For a nominal fee, these services will send employers updated posters whenever they are necessary. This service provides high-quality, durable, easy-to-read posters.  

Employers should have updated their federal minimum wage posters federal minimum wage posters in July 2008, when the rate went from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour. The federal minimum wage will increase again on July 24, 2009, requiring employers to update their posters.

A number of states will increase the minimum wage on January 1, 2009. Some states (more…)