Major Changes vs. Minor Changes

Changes are made frequently to the posters required by the various Federal and State Government agencies, such as EEOC, Department of Labor, etc.  When is a change significant enough to mandate an update to your currently posted labor law posters?  The terms "Minor" and "Major" could be the difference of a fine for not posting accurate information or not.

Minor changes do not mandate an update to the posting requirements.  The Minor changes include changes to the name, address or phone/fax number to an agency.  Minor changes include the name of the Commissioner of Labor changing, such as the case for Oklahoma in the Summer 2011.  Sometimes sentences are added for clarification, but are not the result of a change in the law such as the case for the California Unemployment Insurance Benefits poster required by the state's Employment Development Department.

Minor changes are most of the time changes to the posting information of some kind, but do not reflect a New Law that is being implemented.  These Minor changes do not usually require an employer to update their current posted information.  When a law changes and therefore mandates the department to update the poster, then it is usually required by law for the new poster information to be posted.  The most common example is the Minimum Wage amount that is raised frequently in many states, and by the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division.  Another recent example is Florida who raised the Minimum Wage to $7.31/hr in June 2011.  These Major changes that follow a law change must be posted at the effective dates mandated.

To ensure compliance with the most recent state and federal labor law posting requirements, add this blog to your "Blogs I'm Following" list for any Major changes to any state or Federal Labor Law postings.