2012 Texas State and Federal Labor Law Poster Includes:
-Texas Equal Opportunity
(Updated 09/09)
-Workers' Compensation Ombudsman
-Workers' Compensation Notice 5 - Non-Election of Workers' Compensation
-Worker's Compensation Notice 6 - Election of Workers' Compensation
-Texas Payment Notice
-Child Labor Law
-Payday Notice
(Updated 07/09)
-Emergency Notice
-Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
(Updated 11/09)
-Federal Minimum Wage
(Updated)-Military Leave Act
(Updated)
-Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
-Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law
-Employee Polygraph Protection Act
-Family Medical Leave Act
(Updated)
-OSHA - Job Safety & Health Protection
-IRS Withholding Notice
(Updated)The new NLRA notice comes with a mandatory size
requirement of 11” x 17”. Who is exempt from the NLRA Notice?Most
private employers are required to post the NLRA Poster. The law
specifically excludes public sector employees, agricultural and
domestic workers, independent contractors, workers employed by a parent
or spouse, and employees of air and rail carriers covered by the
Railway Labor Act.
For Texas Labor Law Poster Facts please click on
Labor Law Quick Facts.
The Texas' minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Texas' State minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums, instead the State adopts the Federal minimum wage rate by reference. Workers who earn at least $4.42 per hour in tips can be paid $2.13 per hour, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Overtime after 40 hours is required under Federal law, but not State law. Most employees qualify for up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected family leave under the federal FMLA.*
The Texas Hazard Communication Act requires public employers to provide employees with specific information on the hazardous chemicals which employees may be exposed in the workplace. It is required by law the employer must provide certain information and training.*
Child Labor Law: An employer commits an offense if he/she permits a child 14 or 15 years of age to work more than 8 hours in one day or more than 48 hours in one week. Between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day or between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day if the child is enrolled in school.
Between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time school is recessed for the summer if the child is not enrolled in summer school.*
*NOT LEGAL ADVICE OR OPINION. PLEASE CONSULT LEGAL EXPERT IN YOUR LOCAL AREA.