M E M O R A N D U M

TO:		The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc.

FROM:	Rhonda R. Ames

DATE:		September 2, 2008

RE:		Federal posters

I have reviewed the Federal required posters and provide you with the following information:

POSTERS

Occupational Safety & Health
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3165.pdf

The poster is correct as is.

Equal Employment Opportunity
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdfhttp://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

The poster was revised August 2008.  There are textual changes in the poster.  Therefore, I would recommend that it be reprinted in its entirety.

Minimum Wage	
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/posters/minwage.pdf

The only change in the poster is under the Youth Employment section.  Currently, there is a reference to the website “www.youthrules.gov.”  Please revise this website so that it reads “www.youthrules.dol.gov”.

Workers with Disabilities
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/disabc.pdfhttp://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/disabc.pdf

The poster was revised in July 2007.  I find there to be textual changes in the poster.  Therefore, I would recommend that it be reprinted in its entirety/

Family and Medical Leave
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf

The poster is correct as is.

Military Leave Amendment (to Family and Medical Leave)
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/NDAAAmndmnts.pdf	

The poster is correct as is.

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/userra/USERRA_Private.pdfhttp://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/userra/USERRA_Private.pdf

The poster is correct as is.

Polygraph Protection
The poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.dol.gov/osbp/eppac.pdfhttp://www.dol.gov/osbp/eppac.pdf		

Under “Additional Information” there is a typographical error in the one website referenced.  The website should be: “www.wagehour.dol.gov”.

FLYERS

Federal Minimum Wage Act

Please revise the flyer to read as follows:

	Federal Minimum Wage Act (29 CFR §516.4)
Pursuant to 29 USC §206(a)(1), as amended by P.L. 110-28, H.R. 2206, effective July 24, 2008, the federal minimum wage increases from $5.85 an hour to $6.55 an hour.
“Every employer . . . shall post and keep posted a notice explaining the Act . . . in conspicuous places in every establishment where such employees are employed so as to permit them to observe readily a copy.”
Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

Please revise the title to read: 

	Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (38 USC §4334)

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

There are a few typographical errors.  Therefore, please revise the flyer language as follows:

“Every employer subject to EPPA shall post and keep posted on its premises a notice explaining the Act, as prescribed by the Secretary.  Such notice must be posted in a prominent and conspicuous place in every establishment of the employer where it can readily be observed by employees and applicants for employment.”  Under 29 CFR §801.42(a)(7), a civil money penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for any violation may be assessed against any employer for violating any other provision of the Act or this part.

Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law

The flyer language is correct as is.

Family and Medical Leave

Please revise the flyer language as follows:

Family and Medical Leave Act (29 USC §2619(a) & (b))
“Each employer shall post and keep posted, in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, a notice . . . setting forth excerpts from, or summaries of, the pertinent provisions of this title and information pertaining to the filing of a charge. . . Any employer that willfully violates this section may be assessed a civil money penalty not to exceed $100 for each separate offense.”

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Please revise the flyer language as follows:

“Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices . . . informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act . . .Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted.  Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.”