M E M O R A N D U M

TO:		Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc.

FROM:	Rhonda R. Ames

DATE:	September 30, 2008

RE:		Iowa required posters

I have reviewed Iowa’s required poster and provide you with the following information:

The state of Iowa has a webpage that provides the list of required posters. The webpage can be found at:   http://www.iowaworks.org/reqposters.htm 

POSTERS

Minimum Wage
The Minimum Wage poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/labor/minwage.pdf (English)
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/labor/70-8036Spanish.pdf (Spanish)

The poster is correct as is.

Unemployment Compensation
The Unemployment Compensation poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/ui/stawrs/70-8010.pdf

There have been textual changes to the poster.  It appears that it was revised in July, 2008.  Therefore, please reprint the poster in its entirety.

Safety & Health Protection
The Safety & Health Protection can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/labor/iosh/70-8025.pdf

The poster is correct as is.

Please note that Iowa has specifically set forth poster instructions for this poster. Specifically, the website indicates that pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations, the poster shall be at least 8 1/2 by 14 inches with 10 point type.

Equal Employment Opportunity
The Equal Employment Opportunity can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.state.ia.us/government/crc/docs/eeo_poster_July_2008.pdf

There are a few changes that need to be made. First, under the “What Does the Law Cover?” section, there is a typographical error in that the first row currently reads 
		“Race Age          (18 and older)”  

Please move the word “Age” over to the second column, so that it is associated with the “(18 and older).”

The second change is the last sentence currently indicates that a complaint needs to be made within 180 days of the discriminatory act. A change has occurred and that should now read within 300 days of the discriminatory act.

Smokefree Air Act
The Smokefree Air Act poster can be found at the following URL address:
http://www.iowasmokefreeair.gov/common/pdf/signage/smokefree_air_sample_sign_white.pdf

The signs need to clearly display three items: (1) the international "no smoking" symbol OR the words "No Smoking," (2) the Smokefree Air Act Web site, www.IowaSmokefreeAir.gov, and the (3) Smokefree Air Act Helpline 1-888-944-2247. The Administrative Rules require signs to be at least 24 square inches in size and the type must be in a legible font.

FLYER

Unemployment Compensation
The flyer language is correct as is.

Safety and Health Protection on the Job
Please revise the flyer language as follows:

Safety and Health Protection on the Job (Iowa Admin Rule §875-3.1)
“Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act . . .The 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.” Pursuant to Iowa Code §88.14, “Any employer who violates any of the posting . . . requirements under this chapter, shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to seven thousand dollars for each violation.”

Minimum Wage
Please revise the flyer language as follows:

Minimum Wage (Iowa Admin. Rule §875-216.4)
“Every employer employing any employees subject to the minimum wage provisions of the Iowa Minimum Wage Act 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 readily observe a copy.”

Under the “Recommended and Included in our Posters”:
Please add “Smokefree Air Act” to the Recommended posters list.