The state of Kansas has updated two of its labor law notices, the Workers' Compensation poster and the Unemployment Insurance poster. The Kansas Department of Labor is now requiring employers to display the Workers' Compensation poster in both Spanish and English, and the newly released version contains both languages. This posting is mandatory, and all employers in the state must update...

In July 2010, Kansas and Wisconsin are joining the multitude of states that ban or otherwise restrict public smoking. Here are the details: KANSAS Effective July 1, 2010, the Kansas Clean Indoor Air Act took effect, requiring employers to post the international "no-smoking" symbol at all entrances and indoor public places (for businesses--breakrooms, cafeterias,...

The State of Kansas has updated its Unemployment Insurance poster. The poster was updated with new information regarding the state's automated phone system and TTY numbers for the hearing and speech impaired. Although this poster was released on Aug. 8, it has a revision date of Sept. 7. The agency has mandated that all employers replace their posters dated March 6 with the new version....

The Kansas legislature on Friday passed a bill raising the state minimum wage to $7.25 in January 2010. Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama's designated secretary of Health and Human Services, is expected to rapidly sign the bill to increase the minimum wage from $2.65. The Senate vote was 33-5. The House approved it earlier the same day, 110-15, with no debate. The state rate...

In one of her last official acts before heading off to Washington, D.C., and becoming Health and Human Services Secretary, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has signed a bill raising the in-state minimum wage from $2.65 to $7.25 effective Jan. 1, 2010. Estimates of how many people are affected by the wage increase top out at 20,000, but some say it's highly unlikely that anyone is being...