M E M O R A N D U M

TO:		The Mandatory Poster Agency

FROM:	Rhonda R. Ames

DATE:		September 30, 2008

RE:		Indiana posters

I have reviewed the required posters for the state of Indiana and provide you with the following information.

POSTERS

The state of Indiana has a state provided website that provides a list of the required posters.  The list is found at the URL address of:   http://www.in.gov/dwd/2349.htm

Unemployment Insurance
The Unemployment Insurance posters are found at the following URL addresses:
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/poster_1c.pdf
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/spanish.pdf (Spanish)

There is a minor change that needs to be made to the poster.  In the first paragraph, MPA poster reads:

	“ . . . reporting immediately to the nearest Indiana Workforce Development unemployment insurance office.”

Please revise this language to now read:
	“ . . . reporting immediately to the nearest WorkOne office.”

Fair Employment
The Fair Employment posters are found at the following URL addresses:
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/equalopportunityenglish.pdf
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/equalopportunityspanish.pdf (Spanish)

There are numerous textual changes throughout the poster.  Therefore, I would recommend reprinting it in its entirety.

Workers Compensation
The Workers’ Compensation posters are found at the following URL addresses:
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/postengl.pdf
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/postspan.pdf (Spanish)

The poster is correct as is.

Equal Opportunity
The Equal Opportunity poster is found at the following URL address:
http://www.in.gov/dwd/files/WIA_Equal_Opportunity.pdf

I do not find that MPA has the Equal Opportunity poster at all.  Therefore, please print this poster in its entirety.

Safety & Health Protection on the Job
The Safety & Health Protection poster is found at the following URL address:
http://www.in.gov/dol/files/8.5_X_14_IOSHA_Poster.pdf

There are numerous typographical errors throughout the poster.  Additionally, there are a few textual changes in the poster.  Therefore, I would recommend that the poster be reprinted in its entirety.

Minimum Wage
The Minimum Wage poster is found at the following URL address:
http://www.in.gov/dol/files/MinimumWagePoster(3).pdf

There are only a few textual changes in the poster.  Therefore, please make the following changes:

Currently, the minimum wages recited at the top of the poster read:

	$5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007
	$6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008

Please revise this section so that it will read:

	$6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008
	$7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009

The only other change is in the Overtime Pay section.  Currently there is a single reference to “. . . $8.78 an hour. . .”  Please revise this so that it the dollar amount is now “$9.83".

Child Labor Law
The Child Labor Law poster is found at the following URL address:
http://www.in.gov/dol/files/New_Child_Labor_Poster_6-13-08.pdf

There are textual changes in the poster.  Therefore, please reprint it in its entirety.

FLYERS

Minimum Wage - The flyer language is correct as is.

Child Labor Law - The flyer language needs to be revised and should read as follows:

	Child Labor Law (Indiana Code §20-33-3-34)
“Every person, firm, corporation, or company that employs a child at least fourteen (14) years of age and less than eighteen (18) years of age in an occupation for which the child must obtain an employment certificate shall post and keep posted a printed notice in a conspicuous place or in places where notices to employees are customarily posted.”

Fair Employment - Please revise the flyer language as follows:

“Each employer . . . covered under this chapter shall post notices in a format accessible to applicants, employees, and members describing the applicable provisions of this chapter, in the manner prescribed by Section 711 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-10).”

Workers’ Compensation - Please revise the flyer language as follows:

Workers’ Compensation (Indiana Code §22-3-2-22)
“Each employer subject to IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall post a notice in the employer’s place of business to inform the employees that their employment is covered by worker’s compensation.”

Safety and Health on the Job - I would recommend that the Safety and Health title be moved to the “Also Included” section of the flyer.  The statutory language is not so specific that it bluntly states that the poster is required like I would prefer to see.  However, I do continue to believe that the poster is required.  Therefore, I find that moving the Safety and Health title is appropriate.

Unemployment Insurance - Please revise the flyer to include the following language:

	Unemployment Insurance (Indiana Code §22-4-17-1)
“Each employer shall display and maintain in places readily accessible to all employees posters concerning its regulations and shall make available to each such individual at the time the individual becomes unemployed printed benefit rights information . . .”