Does anyone know if it's a requirement to post CA labor law poster in a business? will we get fined?
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Yes, it is required. You can get them free from the California Labor department. They need to be posted in employee breakrooms, and public places.
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Since you have potential liability issues, wouldn't common sense tell you that you should consult with an attorney who specializes in labor law in your area?\n\nIf you want personal opinions, fine, but you are asking a legal question and your actions could have serious consequences. \n\nWas the candy for Halloween at the home?  Did you require her to work through her lunch or not leave the premises and bought her lunch as compensation?  What was your arrangement with her?\n\nYou left a lot unsaid here.
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True, this isn't a place for advertising, but people do it all the time. Nor is it a place to look for employees, but if it's a legit offer then this post is better than many of the others I have seen get by.\n\nI am interested. But I am in the wrong state and not licensed. Good luck finding someone to become a positive addition to your community!
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No. Labor laws vary by state, but that isn't a God-given right, the way life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are.\n\nIn fact, in a worse-case scenario, if you posted pictures from the "Big Topless Babes on Big Bikes" Magazine and the corporation did nthing to stop you, a woman who was offended could sue them for a couple of hundred thousand dollars for sexual harassment.\n\nVirtually all corporations have policies about bulletin boards. Most of them don't want sex, politics, money or religion discussed in the work place or posted on their bulletin boards, so, if they have one, they don't allow tracts from competing denominations, political posters, ads for Avon products or offers from "generous" older men looking for discrete single women 18 - 25 who look good in tight tops.\n\nThe possibilities for mis-use are endless. If they let you put up a BB with cute pictures of your puppies / grandchildren / kittens / roses, they have to let me put up one with cute pictures of my new wife in a bikini, plus posters for the WatchTower warning everyone that the end of the world is coming. Then they have to have an HR person come by and argue with me.\n\nIt is just easier to say "no". Most corpoarte BB's have nothing but the OSHA warnings, position announcements and flyers about the company picnic. They are safe but dull.\n\nIn a related issue, you have the freedom of speech, but you can't spend company time trying to convert your fellow employees to your brand of politics or religion; they are paying you to be an accountant, programmer, mechanic, clerk, CEO, sales person, waiter, etc etc. They frown on you doing it on lunch breaks, too.
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Natalie,\n\nYou need to localize this question to get a better answer.  Where did it occur?  Country, City, and State?  As there are laws at each level, there are going to be differences in answers that are appropriate for you depending on where it occurred and you want your answers to be spot on.\n\nWhere I've lived you can also check with your local state labor board, but I have no way of knowing if their mission is the same as my local state labor boards was.\n\nAre you in any way involved in a Union, because they have alternative grievance procedures?\n\n-EN-
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Check with local city ordinances, in the US posting flyers in public places is illegal -- telephone poles, buildings.Be careful you could be fined.
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I was an HR Director for about 10 years, although in California and Texas, not Washington. Anyhow, it's been a while, but here goes... Technically you were insubordinate and it is likely that the unemployment officer who officiates over the phone hearing will not believe that you meant anything else by saying d*ck in an e-mail (about someone who I presume is your boss). That said, I am wondering if they actually have your signature on anything that says that you are aware that "they" (your employer) have the right to read and monitor electronic mailings sent by you. Unless they (or you since you were the office manager) are very organized they may have trouble coming up with this paperwork. They need this in order to read your electronic communications and I would bring this up to the officer unless you know for sure that they have it and can easily access it. Also, I am wondering if there is any defense you might have with regards to why you said it or the context in which it was said. Additionally, has there ever been a time that you are aware of when "they" may have set a different precedent by not firing/terming someone based on this sort of insubordination? In other words, where someone else called  a manager a name of sorts, but were either not disciplined or disciplined without termination. I also have to wonder why your employer was able to read this e-mail (did someone show it to him or did you leave your computer on) and why he bothered to log on to your computer if that's what he did? Typically, I wouldn't do this unless I had it in for the person and usually that would mean a series of write ups (I'm a GM/PM now so I still have a number of reports and remember my HR days well). Unfortunately, most companies have a policy saying that they can terminate with no notice based on certain acts, one of which is insubordination. Still, I agree with you that he sounds like a jerk if this is all he had. He would have done better to call you in and find out why you felt like that, thereby trying to find a fix for the situation and gaining your loyalty if he succeeded. Good luck!
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subscribe to Legal21. It is a monthly publication it is very informative.  I am 2nd in charge at my company, and whenever in doubt, I look to my legal21 for supervisors
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Look in the CA business and professions code.
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Actually one little correction. The employer is required to have them mailed by January 31st. The employee doesn't necessarily have to have them in their hands by the 31st. As long as they are postmarked January 31st, the employer is ok.
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it also depends on the terms of your employment.. if you are an at will employee, private contractor or what.. it doesnt say in your post anything specific enough..
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The poster is to make us think about the products we buy and where they come from and who suffers to produce them.  A great deal of the clothing and shoes sold in the western world comes from third world countries that allow child labor.  \n\nThis is a complicated issue, with no simple explanation or solution.  Many countries believe that child labor is essential, while many others are totally against it.  This site may give a little insight into the issue.
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What you need to do is document it, keep a record.   I would file a complaint with the labor board.
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It depends on your employeers policy.  There's NO law requiring comp time, and if you mean comp time as in not being paid OT then that's illegal in most cases.
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The policy will vary between companies as it is likely a disciplinary offence.\n\nBest bet is to go and ask for the manager and make a formal complaint.  He doesn't need the hassle but make it clear if he doesn't get it sorted you will write to head office.
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What are the reasons that they should not be doing this?  Write down a few words or phrases.\n\nThis should lead you to a slogan.  Remember that in posters, it's not only the slogan that sells the message, but also the graphics.\n\nGood luck!
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If this is a breech of union contract, which I'm assuming that it is, your union officials, and shop stewards need to be raising some hell right about now. The company has flagrantly disregarded the labor contract, and it is going to take union solidarity to straighten this out, this means everyone filing a grievance for breech of contract. Contact your regional union Representative, to arrange a meeting with the plant manager. This is going to take everyone in your union local getting involved, if you want to fight this.\nLet me know how this turns out. Best Regards!