As we pass the midpoint of 2024, thirty states have enacted significant updates to their labor laws, impacting businesses and their employees. Staying up to date with everchanging labor laws is crucial for compliance with state labor law posting requirements and employee rights.
Here is an overview of the most important changes that have occurred this year so far. If your state is on the list you may be required to update your workplace labor law posters.
California
- Fast Food Establishment Minimum Wage: Effective July 1, 2024, fast food establishments must implement a new minimum wage of $20 per hour. Employers are required to post notices regarding this change.
- IWC #5: Includes the fast-food wage law for the Public Housekeeping Industry
- IWC #7: Incorporates the fast-food wage law for Mercantile Industries
- Transgender Employees’ Rights: Updated text and revision date for policies regarding transgender rights
- EDD/Unemployment Insurance: Posters have been redesigned to replace filing instructions and contact information with website links for comprehensive program details.
Colorado
- FAMLI: Added new provisions and clarified existing text with an updated revision date
- Anti-Discrimination Poster: Hair length is now a protected characteristic under the CROWN Act.
- The poster’s layout has been reformatted with minor text changes and a new revision date.
District of Columbia
- Time Off to Vote: A new poster with updated election dates for general and primary elections
- Universal Labor Law: Introduction of a new universal labor law poster
- Family Leave Act: Updated format and design for EEO posters
- Parental Leave Act: Updated format and design for EEO posters
- EEO: Enhanced format and design for EEO posters
- Pregnant Workers Act: Updated format and design for EEO posters
Florida
- Wage Regulation / Child Labor Laws: The poster now clarifies hazardous occupations and exemptions with an updated revision date. This update is mandatory for businesses employing minors.
Hawaii
- Poster Packet: Updated to include a section for making appointments for Unemployment Insurance, along with the new director’s name, a phone number, and a new revision date on all state postings
Illinois
- No Smoking: Vaping has been included on the list of prohibited smoking items.
- Paid Leave: Clarified the leave amount from 5 days to 40 hours, details on the use and accrual of paid leave, and added a hotline number
- VESSA: New logo, revision date, and updated URL for VESSA
- Temp and Day Workers: Updated logo and revision date for temporary and day worker information
Indiana
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated with a new logo and contact information
- Veterans: New poster detailing benefits and resources available for veterans
Kansas
- Workers’ Compensation: Revised text and updated compensation amounts
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated operation hours for unemployment services
Kentucky
- Safety and Health: Revised text and updated revision date
- Discrimination: Updated text for discrimination policies
- Child Labor: Updated URL link and revision date
Louisiana
- Minor Labor Laws: Removed mandatory break times for minors under eighteen. This update is mandatory for businesses employing minors.
Maine
- Veterans: New poster detailing resources and services available for veterans
- Worker’s Compensation: Updated office address
Maryland
- Discrimination: Extended the time to file a complaint from 6 months to 300 days
Massachusetts
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated instructions for filing claims
Michigan
- Fair Employment: Revised to include hair texture and protective hairstyles under race, and added sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression as protected classes
Mississippi
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated filing instructions and phone numbers
Nevada
- Domestic Violence: Sexual assault victims are granted the same protections as domestic violence victims.
- Safety and Health: Updated penalty amounts and revision date
- Workers’ Compensation: Revised to exclude theatrical or stage performers from the definition of ’employee’. Added physician assistants and advanced practice nurses as eligible to submit claims for compensation.
- Rule to Observe: Updated with new 2024 rates, affected employees, government officials’ names, and Department of Labor contact information
New Hampshire
- Equal Pay: New director appointed
- Workers’ Rights: New director appointed
- Whistleblower: New director appointed
- Employee/Contractor: New director appointed
- Protective Legislation: New director appointed
New York
- Veterans: Updated with a new website URL for the NYS Defenders Association Veteran Defense Program and a new revision date
- Human Rights: Extended statute of limitations from 1 to 3 years. Added citizenship and immigration status as protected classes, expanded coverage for domestic workers, included more educational institutions, and updated complaint filing times.
- Expression of Breastmilk: Introduced a paid 30-minute break for breastfeeding
- Equal Pay: Updated information for the Buffalo office
North Carolina
- Discrimination Poster: Updated URL
Ohio
- No Smoking: E-cigarettes and vaping included on the list of banned smoking products.
- Minor Labor Laws: New logo and revision date
- Unemployment Insurance: New logo and revision date
Oklahoma
- Unemployment Insurance: Minor text revisions and updated revision date
Oregon
- OSHA: Added QR code and updated text
- Meals/Breaks: Revised to reflect new annual changes
- Equal Pay: Revised to reflect new annual changes
- Captive Audience: Revised to reflect new annual changes
- Family Leave: Revised to reflect new annual changes
Pennsylvania
- Right to Know: Revised text and revision date
South Carolina
- Discrimination: No updates
South Dakota
- Reemployment: Updated website URL for filing claims and added a new revision date
Tennessee
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated contact information
- Payday and Child Labor Laws: Updated rules, definitions, and employer responsibilities under the Child Labor Act
Utah
- Unemployment Insurance: Revised claims filing instructions, removed all phone numbers, and added a single phone number for State Employment Centers
- Accommodation for Pregnant Workers: Updated text and format for pregnancy-related conditions
Vermont
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated department name and phone number
Virginia
- Unemployment Insurance: Updated information and requires employers to post and provide notice at separation, effective immediately
- Veterans Benefits and Resources Poster: Introduced a new poster detailing resources for veterans. Optional posting
- Human Rights Pregnancy: Department name change for pregnancy-related human rights information
Wisconsin
- Unemployment Insurance: Added latest information, contact details, working hours, and a QR code
As states update their labor laws oftentimes new labor law posters are mandated to be displayed in the workplace. Labor law posters are required to be in every workplace where employees can easily view them. Some states require labor law posters to be both in English and Spanish.
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