The Personnel Concepts marketing and public relations department issues press releases each time there is a change in labor law or OSHA regulations at both the state and federal level. Announcements are also sent out whenever Personnel Concepts develops and releases a new product.

Personnel Concepts press releases will appear online through various broadcast media and will be archived here for reference at any time.

Look for Personnel Concepts as "Your Trusted Compliance Partner" to keep you fully informed about laws and regulations affecting your workplace so that you can stay in compliance with all laws and regulations at all times.

Dec 9, 2011

ONTARIO, Calif.—Personnel Concepts has partnered with HR AnswerLink to provide American businesses of all sizes with access to a dedicated online tool to create customized employee handbooks for their companies.

The strategic partnership enables users to create a basic but comprehensive employee handbook for just $89, which comes complete with a review before publication by a human resource professional. A professional version that enables companies to add sections not configured in the basic version is also available for $389 and includes ongoing HR counseling during the publishing process. Both versions are delivered as Word files.

"With all the new social media guidelines from the NLRA, plus the new NLRA employee rights poster taking effect," advised Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts, “there’s a good chance that your employee handbook needs updating. Our tool is one of the swiftest and safest solutions out there.”

To order or obtain more information on this and other fine Personnel Concepts products, please visit http://www.personnelconcepts.com/5780/ or call toll free to 800-333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Aug 30, 2011

With the publication today of a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulation requiring all employers to post a National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) notification for easy access by their employees, Personnel Concepts has moved quickly to publish a text- and size-compliant poster and make it available to businesses everywhere.

The 11-by-17 poster contains the exactly wording that will be used in today's Federal Register-published regulation. The Personnel Concepts research department painstakingly verified the accuracy and compliance of the poster through direct contact with the NLRB.

The poster needs to be displayed by Nov. 14, 2011, when the regulation takes effect. Businesses that fail to display the NLRA Rights Poster are subject to unfair labor practices by the NLRB and its General Counsel.

“Many small businesses, and even some larger ones, don’t realize that the NLRA protects employees’ rights even in non-unionized organizations,” said Robert Leland III, director of research for Personnel Concepts. “The NLRB under the Obama administration has been particularly aggressive in protecting and securing workers’ rights to discuss their employment conditions, even on the social media. The NLRA Rights Poster is a major step taken by the NLRB to protect employee rights. Employers should take heed.”

Personnel Concepts offers a full array of posters and compliance/instructional kits to help employers stay current, so please visit PersonnelConcepts.com or call toll free at 800-333-3795 for further details.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach. It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements. Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance. Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions. The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

May 14, 2011

ONTARIO, Calif.--C. Randall of the Gymboree Distribution Center in Dixon, Calif., has won an 8GB Apple iPod Touch as part of a customer survey sponsored by Personnel Concepts, the nation's pioneer in the labor law poster compliance industry.

The survey was conducted from April 27 to May 13 among all Personnel Concepts customers. Various questions concerned potential product development dealing with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations

"The survey results will help us focus our products on areas of concern voiced by our customers, and in formats and presentation styles that they opted for," said Robert Leland III, Personnel Concepts director of research, whose department devised the survey and tabulated the results.

"We wish to thank all our participants--our loyal customers--and also to congratulate Ms. Randall, whose name was drawn randomly from thousands of participants."

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Mar 23, 2011

ONTARIO, Calif.--D. Fabian of Wylie & Associates of Houston, Texas, has won an 8GB Apple iTouch as part of a customer survey sponsored by Personnel Concepts, the nation's pioneer in the labor law poster compliance industry.

The survey was conducted from March 8 to March 21 among customers who had previously purchased certain categories of products that were the subject of the e-mail research effort.

"The survey results will help us focus our products on areas of concern voiced by our customers, and in formats and presentation styles that they opted for," said Robert Leland III, Personnel Concepts director of research, whose department devised the survey and tabulated the results.

"We wish to thank all our participants--and all our loyal customers--and also to congratulate Ms. Fabian, whose name was drawn randomly from hundreds of participants."

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Nov 11, 2010

ONTARIO, Calif.—Personnel Concepts has launched an MSDS Compliance Database feature that allows subscribers to instantly access and print out the data sheets they need to stay in compliance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM).

HAZCOM requires companies that use or manufacture chemicals to retain an MSDS for each substance and to make these safety advisories available to affected employees.

The Personnel Concepts MSDS database comes with a one-year access when customers purchase the comprehensive OSHA Compliance Manager Subscription.

To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ OSHA Compliance Manager Subscription, please visit the Personnel Concepts Web page, or call toll-free to (800) 333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Oct 1, 2010

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently refined its child labor standards, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in March introduced mandated break times for nursing mothers at work, changes that employers can readily communicate to their workforces with Personnel Concepts’ new All-On-One FLSA Compliance Poster. 

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 was the first comprehensive nationwide employment law passed in the United States, introducing the minimum wage and child labor laws into the American economy, among other sea changes. A multitude of refinements and additions have occurred to the FLSA since then, prompting Personnel Concepts to create its new FLSA poster to help employers with their expanded notification requirements.

Labor law and workplace mandates continue to evolve with changing times,” said Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts. “With our All-On-One FLSA Compliance Poster, Personnel Concepts is moving to provide employers with another one-stop solution to their workforce notification requirements.”

For further information, visit the Personnel Concepts Web page on the new All-On-One FLSA Compliance Poster, or call a compliance specialist at (800) 333-3795.

About Personnel Concepts

Personnel Concepts pioneered the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach. It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements. Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance. Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions. The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Jun 4, 2010

ONTARIO, Calif.—Changes have been occurring frequently to health care plan administration and benefit notification requirements throughout the 18 months of the Obama Administration, and businesses are obligated to keep their workforces informed, Personnel Concepts advises employers as it launches a service to help remedy the situation.

Though the March 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will ultimately change the health care landscape dramatically, more recent and noticeable changes already have employers scrambling to stay up to date.

These changes—resulting in new employer notification obligations—have affected HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), and COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 that created post-employment insurance options).

“Change is still in the air, and the COBRA subsidy especially is in flux as Congress gears up for the November elections,” said Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts. “With our Benefit Plan Compliance Poster Subscription service, employers can rest assured that they’ll receive and be able to disseminate the latest notifications for their workforces.”

The Benefit Plan Compliance Poster Subscription service ships with COBRA, PPACA, HIPAA and CHIPRA notification posters and includes a subscription service that will keep the posters up to date. A subscription to the Benefit Laws Quarterly newsletter comes in the package as well.

About Personnel Concepts
Personnel Concepts pioneered the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Apr 16, 2010

ONTARIO, Calif.—Personnel Concepts, pioneer in the labor law compliance poster industry, offers the perfect product for those employers who offer health insurance and are contemplating staff reductions—the All-In-One COBRA Information Poster, which will inform employees of their right to both a health insurance extension and a premium subsidy.

Congress has just passed and President Obama has signed an extension of the 65-percent COBRA subsidy through the end of May 2010. Another bill to extend coverage through the end of the year is expected to pass Congress before the latest extension expires.

Through the program, involuntarily terminated employees need pay only 35 percent of the COBRA premium. The remainder is paid by the employers, who then get the cost reimbursed by deducting it from their payroll taxes.

The All-In-One COBRA Information Poster will help fulfill the new notice requirements that apply to all businesses that offer health benefits to employees.

To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ CHIPRA Compliance Poster, please visit http://www.PersonnelConcepts.com, or call toll free to (800) 333-3795. 

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition. 

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Mar 29, 2010

 ONTARIO, Calif.—The issuance of an Administrative Interpretation (AI) by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) this past week on the status of mortgage loan officers signals a new approach by the nation’s workplace watchdogs, one that could make life more challenging for business owners, warns Personnel Concepts.

This AI concluded that the Fair Labor Standards Act’s administrative exemption does not apply to mortgage loan officers and that they are thus non-exempt employees eligible for overtime wages. Along with the issuance of the AI, the agency also announced it was dropping the practice of issuing individualized opinion letters.

"In the past employers would often rely on opinion letters regarding specific wage and hour situations under the FLSA,” said Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts, “but in dropping opinion letters in favor of more generalized Administrative Interpretations, WHD has choked off individual guidance, leaving employers with one less resource and potential line of defense.”

In fact, the AI actually overruled a previous opinion letter on mortgage loan officers. The decision to quit issuing such letters also left some 400 current enquiries unanswered.

According to legal observers, opinion letters have often served as a first-line defense under the Portal-to-Portal Act, which holds that good-faith reliance on a “written administrative regulation, order, ruling, approval, or interpretation” relieves the company of liability. 

While seeking professional legal advice when in doubt is always the best practice, employers and human resource professionals can also avail themselves of solid guidebooks such as Personnel Concepts FLSA Overtime Rules Compliance Kit in properly classifying their employees as exempt from overtime or as non-exempt hourly employees. 

To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ complete line of products, please visit http://www.PersonnelConcepts.com or call toll free to (800) 333-3795. 

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.

Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Mar 25, 2010

ONTARIO, Calif.—With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a timeline of health insurance cost and accessibility changes has been set in motion, affecting employers in different ways depending on their size and composition, according to an analysis by Personnel Concepts, pacesetter and pioneer in the labor law poster compliance industry.

Leaving aside the question of how the bill affects health insurance companies (which stand to gain from the legislation with millions of new subscribers from the individual mandate), how does the passage of the act on March 21, 2010, affect the nation’s employers? 

Details may change as the reconciliation process attempts to merge the House and Senate bills more fully than the one President Obama signed on March 23, but the overall thrust and structure will not. Here’s the basic answer:

Three salient points emerge. The first is that, technically speaking, there is no employer mandate to provide health insurance for one’s employees. Second, the “play or pay” rule that substitutes for the employer mandate affects only businesses with an average of 50 or more full-time (30 hours a week) employees. The third and final point is that most of this doesn’t even take effect until after Dec. 31, 2013.

On the small business front, the bill does provide subsidies, starting immediately, for firms to offer insurance to their employees. Here the details may change with reconciliation, but the subsidies will continue even after the full individual mandate and “play or pay” provisions take hold in 2014. Contingent on meeting certain qualifications, as things stand now there will be at least a 35 percent small business subsidy through the end of 2013, and a 50 percent subsidy after that (indexed to inflation).

Starting in 2014, an “applicable larger employer” (more than 50 full-timers) that does not offer coverage for all its full-time employees, or offers minimum essential coverage that is unaffordable, or offers a plan that pays less than 60 percent of the cost of benefits will be required to pay a penalty. The penalty kicks in once a single employee purchases a plan with a government subsidy. The penalty as it stands now is $2,000 for every employee above a 30-employee threshold. (Reconciliation may lower the penalty to $750 with the same threshold.)

Business groups have speculated that many firms will game the system by, for instance, reducing full-time staff from above 50 to below 50 (making some employees part-time,  laying off others), or by dropping health insurance altogether and just paying the fine. This all remains to be seen, and the success and failure of the overall reform measure may well hang in the balance.

Of course, many other measures will kick in between now and 2014, but most affect insurance companies and insurance plans, which in turn, of course, affect businesses that offer health benefits. Here, for example, is the requirement that plans include coverage for dependents up to the age of 26 beginning in six months.

Personnel Concepts offers this information to business owners and executives to help them understand what’s in store and to prepare accordingly, but you are urged to seek legal advice in making your decisions. 

As the reconciliation process continues, please check back with Personnel Concepts’ online Compliance Alerts section for detailed developments.

Mar 5, 2010

ONTARIO, Calif.—Personnel Concepts, pacesetter in the labor law compliance poster industry, now offers a Puerto Rico Labor Law Poster in both Spanish and English to go along with its all-on-one state and federal poster solutions for the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii.

The Puerto Rico Space Saver-1 Labor Law Poster comes either laminated or plain and includes the Commonwealth’s required postings as well as U.S. government-mandated notifications.

"As a commonwealth, Puerto Rico has a unique relationship with the United States and replicates the labor laws that apply here in the U.S., but sometimes with their own implementing legislation," said Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts. “Some laws and postings are also unique to Puerto Rico in the same way states often add their own statutes and regulations.”

To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ All-On-One State and Federal Labor Law Space Saver-1 posters, please visit http://www.PersonnelConcepts.com or call Customer Service toll-free at (800) 333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

Jan 29, 2010

ONTARIO, Calif.—Starting with its Workplace Identity Theft Prevention Kit, Personnel Concepts is now digitizing into PDFs and other formats many of its compliance kits and other products to be made available for immediate download.

Prices for downloads will generally be about half of what the hard copy version would cost. For instance, the ID Theft Kit is $59.95 in bound version, but just $24.95 as a download. Downloads can be accessed through instant purchase on the Personnel Concepts Web site, or they can be ordered by phone through customer service and e-mailed to the customer’s inbox.

"Our commitment to our customers is to help them achieve guaranteed compliance with workplace regulations as quickly and easily as possible, and our decision to make many of our products downloadable will facilitate that process," said Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts.

To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ Workplace Identity Theft Prevention Kit, please visit the Personnel Concepts.com Web site or call toll free to 800-333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

For further information, please contact:

Robert Leland, director of research and product development
(909) 472-4750   
rleland@personnelconcepts.com

Oct 30, 2009

ONTARIO, Calif.—The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) takes effect for employers with 15 or more on staff Nov. 21, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has already revised its mandatory “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster to reflect GINA regulations, Personnel Concepts advises.

The new poster, which has already been incorporated into Personnel Concepts’ Space Saver-1 All-On-One State and Federal Labor Law Poster series, also promulgates new regulations for the Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA).

Current holders of the SS-1 Labor Law Poster must replace their EEOC panel with the November 2009 version. Update subscribers will automatically be mailed the replacement panels. Others may obtain one by calling Customer Service at (800) 333-3795. Those purchasing new SS-1 Labor Law Posters will find the correct panel in place already.

“GINA and ADAAA both represent major sea changes in labor law,” said Robert Leland, director of research for personnel concepts. “Employers need to bring both their posters and their policies up to date immediately.”
 
To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ labor law posters, please visit http://www.PersonnelConcepts.com or call toll free to (800) 333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

For further information, please contact:

Robert Leland, director of research and product development
(909) 472-4750 
rleland@personnelconcepts.com

Oct 9, 2009

ONTARIO, Calif.—With violence stalking America’s workplace and five percent of all incidents resulting in fatalities, Personnel Concepts has rushed to the scene with its Workplace Violence Prevention Program CD-ROM to enable the formulation of zero-tolerance policies and programs.

This interactive Workplace Violence Prevention Program CD-ROM allows employers to quickly and easily customize a written zero-tolerance workplace violence policy and a written workplace violence prevention plan designed to meet OSHA’s specific guidelines.

The package includes plain language guidance, information, documentation forms, and training materials in electronic format. With this exclusive CD-ROM, employers will learn how to implement reasonable, effective violence prevention strategies and understand obligations relating to internal or external threats.

“The brutal murder of Yale med student Annie Le once again reveals how fragile and dangerous is the workplace,” said Robert Leland, director of research for personnel concepts. “Employers need be prepared and maintain a safe workplace in accordance with OSHA general safety standards. Unprepared and inattentive employers are subject to fines and even criminal penalties.”
 
To order or obtain more information on Personnel Concepts’ new CD-ROM, please visit http://www.PersonnelConcepts.com or call toll free at 800-333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

For further information, please contact:

Robert Leland, director of research and product development
(909) 472-4750   
rleland@personnelconcepts.com

Oct 7, 2009

ONTARIO, Calif.—Colorado has updated its mandatory unemployment benefits poster, which is included on Personnel Concepts’ Colorado All-On-One State and Federal Labor Law Poster, the California-based labor law poster compliance company advises employers in Colorado.

The changes reflect increased enforcement of the proper classification of workers as exempt from overtime pay and non-exempt and thus overtime pay eligible. Fines for offenses have been increased to $5,000 per incident. The poster also provides information and telephone numbers for employees to lodge complaints.

Current holders of Personnel Concepts’ Colorado Space Saver-1 All-On-One State and Federal Labor Law poster will be advised of the availability of the new poster via mail, and update subscription customers will automatically be mailed a replacement panel to update their current labor law posters.

"Colorado is taking a cue from the Obama administration and strengthening oversight of the Fair Labor Standards Act," said Robert Leland, director of research for Personnel Concepts. “Now is the time for employers everywhere to review their employees’ status to see if they’ve been properly classified.”

To order or obtain more information on this and other fine Personnel Concepts products, please visit http://www.PersonnelConcepts.com or call toll free to 800-333-3795.

Personnel Concepts virtually created the labor law and health and safety compliance poster industry in 1989 with its All-On-One approach.  It also led the industry in developing a skilled, knowledgeable and experienced research team that keeps constant vigil on government regulatory changes and updates clients on changing labor law and OSHA requirements.  Its “We Pay the Fine” guarantee was an industry first and is still a mainstay of its strong customer service tradition.
 
Personnel Concepts’ customers have relied on the company’s products and services for the past two decades to protect them from government fines, employee lawsuits and other costly consequences associated with non-compliance.  Businesses throughout the nation have entrusted their compliance to Personnel Concepts, and the company in turn embraces that responsibility by keeping up to date on changing regulations and tailoring a wide variety of simplified solutions.  The company currently advises and serves more than 1.2 million businesses throughout the United States from its headquarters in Ontario, Calif., with the motto “Your Trusted Compliance Partner.”

For further information, please contact:

Robert Leland, director of research and product development
(909) 472-4750 
rleland@personnelconcepts.com