NLRB Postpones Deadline For Posting Notice

The National Labor Relations Board announced recently its decision to postpone the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule. Previously, the Board's new notice-posting rule required employers to post the 11x17 inch poster no later than November 14, 2011. That date has been delayed until January 31, 2012.

In a press release, the Board indicated that the rule's effective date was delayed "by more than two months in order to allow for enhanced education and outreach to employers, particularly those who operate small and medium sized businesses." The Board indicated that it had received a number of questions from business and trade organizations that suggested uncertainty about which businesses are covered by the new requirement.

Other than the effective date, no other changes in the rule, or in the form or content of the notice, will be made.

You have reached your destination!

Just a quick reminder that the minimum wage under Fair Labor Standards Act reached its final destination, for now, of $7.25 per hour. You may recall that the minimum wage was set to be increased in three phases a couple of years ago. This last increase, effective July 24, 2009, marks the final installment in that amendment.

A new poster is available for downloading here.

If you currently have the poster which shows the three increases in minimum wage, you can continue to use that version as well.

ARRA/COBRA Poster

For those of you who have health benefits plans subject to COBRA, here is a new poster from the Department of Labor detailing information on the premium reduction resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/joblossposter2.pdf

Minimum Wage change on July 24, 2008

A quick reminder: as part of the plan to increase the minimum wage to $7.25/hour in 2009, the next incremental increase in the federal minimum wage takes effect July 24, 2008. The new wage on that date will be $6.55 per hour.

The U.S. Department of Labor's poster issued in 2007 covers the minimum wage increases through this three-stage process. You do not need to update your poster if you have the Fair Labor Standards Act poster with a date of July 24, 2007. If your minimum wage poster predates 2007, or if it does not show the three stages of the minimum wage increases, you can download the current poster for free at www.dol.gov.