The poster poser hoax - The Winemakers' Lawyer

I received an email late last night – a client of mine has been receiving calls from the “US Corporate Compliance” office. Should I be concerned, said client wrote, should I be worried about not being in compliance?

The answer is that yes, you should be in compliance, but no, not with these folks.

Three words:

Hoax!

This outfit calls up new businesses and tries to pressure them into buying employment posters. But guess what? All those posters, the mandatory posters, are already available to you, dear reader.

The ones you need an Oregon will vary based on the size of your business. I’m including the ones that I think are most applicable to a winery. Feel free to open the link, print them out (black and white, color, honey BOLI badger don’t care). Some of them will change annually — but if you’re reading this post, you’re savvy enough to figure that part out. Or, as always, email or call me!

State Minimum Wage poster

http://www.oregon.gov/boli/WHD/docs/oregonminimumwage_eng_2016.pdf

State Job Health and Safety poster

http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/osha/pdf/pubs/1507.pdf

State No Smoking poster

http://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/TobaccoPrevention/EducationalResources/Documents/icaa/decals/large-english.pdf

Workers’ Compensation poster

http://www.wcd.oregon.gov/operations/coverage/nocorder.html

Employment Insurance Notice

(Sent to employers after an account is set up)

Federal Minimum Wage poster

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/minwagebwp.pdf