MEMORANDUM

TO:		MANDATORY POSTER AGENCY

FROM:	RHONDA R. AMES

RE:		FLORIDA POSTERS

DATE:		March 24, 2008

I have reviewed the Florida posters and requirements and provide the following information:

POSTERS

Website with the list of required posters:
http://www.floridajobs.org/workforce/posters.html

Minimum Wage
http://www.floridajobs.org/resources/Poster%20-%20FL%20Min%20Wage%202008.doc
http://www.floridajobs.org/resources/Poster%20-%202008%20AVISO%20A%20LOS%20EMPLEADOS.doc   (Spanish)

First, this poster must be at least 8.5 x 11.  The first full paragraph needs to be revised due to changes in the minimum wage.  Therefore, please revise the first paragraph to read:

“The Florida minimum wage is $6.79 per hour, with a minimum wage of at least $3.77 per hour for tipped employees, in addition to tips, for January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008.”

Discrimination
http://fchr.state.fl.us/publications/discrimination_poster

There are numerous textual changes, therefore, I would recommend that MPA reprint it in its entirety.

Department of Revenue (ie. Unemployment) - “To Employees”
http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/forms/2005/uct83.pdf  (English)
http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/forms/2005/uct83sp.pdf  (Spanish)

There are numerous textual changes, therefore, I would recommend that MPA reprint it in its entirety.

Child Labor
https://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/reg/documents/child_labor_laws_poster_legal.pdf

There is only one minor change in the poster.  At the very bottom of the poster, it should be the “Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation . . .” and not “Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security . . .”

Workers’ Compensation
http://www.floridajobs.org/PDG/PostersforEmployers/BrokenArmPoster.pdf

On reading the required posters webpage, it appears that there are two posters for Workers Comp.  The URL address provided, is for the poster that the Division of Workers Compensation provides.  However, the second of the two posters, must be obtained from the Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier.  

I have reviewed the “Broken Arm” poster provided by the Division of Workers Compensation, and the information is correct.   However, I would recommend that MPA print it in a larger format.  I would suggest that the poster be no less than 8.5 x 11.   As the poster currently is printed, a great deal of people would have a very difficult time reading the information.

As stated, I am unable to verify the text of the poster that would be received from the insurance carrier.  However, I do have some recommendations to clean up the poster.

	1.	In item number “3", capitalize the “W” of “Workers”; I would also recommend spelling out the word Compensation in this section.
	2.	Under the “Types of Benefit Payments” section - revise the phone number so that it reads “1-800-342-1741".

Interpretive Services
http://www.floridajobs.org/PDG/PostersforEmployers/InterpretiveServicesPoster.pdf	

The text is correct as is.

Equal Opportunity is the Law
http://www.floridajobs.org/PDG/PostersforEmployers/English33.rtf

In the middle of the poster, there is an address for the Equal Opportunity Officer in the Caldwell Building in Florida.  Please revise the zip code for Tallahassee, Florida to “32399-4129.”

The only other revision is needing to correct the address at the bottom of the poster. The address should be:

	The Office for Civil Rights
	Agency for Workforce Innovation
	Caldwell Building - MSC 150
	107 East Madison Street
	Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4129
	Phone: 850-921-3205
	Fax: 850-921-3122
	E-mail: Civil.Rights.@awi.state.fl.us
	TTY - Florida Relay Service (FRS): 711

Clean Air Florida
I have reviewed the Department of Environmental Protection website, as well as reviewing Florida statutes, and I do not find a requirement that any Clean Air poster be posted.  Further, the information that MPA currently has, is a brochure/flier, not a poster. 

I called and was informed that there is no such required poster.  

The information MPA has posted is correct as far as the brochure.  Therefore, if MPA needs additional room, this poster may be deleted.

Choking on Food
Currently, MPA has a poster entitled Choking on Food, dealing with the heimlich maneuver.  According to the required posters website, this is for food service only.  However, since MPA does presumably have food service clients, I would suggest leaving the poster as is.  Unfortunately, I am unable to verify the language on the poster because it must be purchased from The Heimlich Institute Foundation, Inc., 311 Straight St., Cincinnati, OH 45219

FLYER

Need to add:

Minimum Wage (Florida Statutes §448.109)

“Each employer who must pay an employee the Florida minimum wage shall prominently display a poster . . . in a conspicuous and accessible place in each establishment where such employees are employed.”

Need to revise:

Florida Law Prohibits Discrimination (Florida Statutes §760.10(10))

“Each employer, employment agency, and labor organization shall post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon its premises a notice provided by the commission setting forth such information as the commission deems appropriate to effectuate the purposes of [Florida Civil Rights Act].”

Under the “Also Included in Our Posters” section:  

	Revise the “Florida Equal Employment Opportunity” to read “Florida Equal Opportunity.”