Alaska Announces Minimum Wage Increase for 2023; Updated EEOC Workplace Discrimination Poster

State Update Overview

In October 2022, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development published a revised Summary of Alaska Wage and Hour Act notice. The revised notice announces the increase in minimum wage effective January 1, 2023.

Alaska Minimum Wage Law Update

• Minimum wage set to increase to $10.85 per hour effective January 1, 2023.
• New phone number and email address for the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Wage and Hour Exemptions

Employees may be exempt from wage and hour laws based on criteria associated with their salary, actual duties, and skills. Exempt employees neither receive overtime pay nor qualify for minimum wage. Alaska labor law defines these exemptions based on Executive, Administrative, or Professional status. Learn more here.

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Workplace Discrimination Law Update

• Revised poster includes additional information regarding who is protected, covered organizations, types of illegal employment discrimination, and types of employment practices that can be challenged as discriminatory.
• Clarified process to file a discrimination complaint through the EEOC including updated websites and new phone number
• Added QR code
• Newly added information for the federal Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program and coverage of employees of a company with a federal contract or subcontract
• Clarified process to report a contractor who has violated its nondiscrimination or affirmative action obligations under OFCCP’s authorities
• Added access information for telecommunications relay services

Alaska Labor Law Poster Update

All businesses within the State of Alaska must display the new Summary of Alaska Wage and Hour Act notice along with other state-mandated posting requirements where it is sufficiently accessible and viewable to all employees. This change has been reflected in our Alaska & Federal Labor Law Poster and does require an immediate mandatory update. Failure to meet compliance requirements and display the updated poster could result in fines.

Order the Alaska Labor Law Poster to immediately include this required update.