While ordinarily a January 1 activity, some changes in federal laws are requiring employers to update their employment law posters as of July 1, 2023.  The changes are triggered by the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

The new posters are:

• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) poster, Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal, updated on June 27, 2023 to incorporate PWFA requirements.

• The United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) poster, Your Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, updated in April 2023, to include PUMP Act requirements. Although the older version of this one can still be used, companies may as well make all these updates together.

• The DOL’s minimum wage poster, updated in April 2023, also for new PUMP Act issues.

The same distribution requirements for these posters apply as for all other mandated posters. In California, employers may email the required notices to remote workers, but also must physically display them in remote workspaces where any employee works 100% of the time.

Take Aways:

Employers should always make their required poster updates, including these new federal posters.
For further information, please contact Tim Bowles, Cindy Bamforth or Helena Kobrin.

See also:

• Build Trust: Workplace Policy Handbook & Forms for 2023 (July 5, 2023)
• Mandatory Notices Update: Workplace Notices Must Be Current (February 3, 2023)

Helena Kobrin
July 7, 2023