The N.C. Department of Labor is urging businesses across the state to be on the lookout for suspicious correspondence, after the department recently received multiple reports of persons using scare tactics or threatening language in an attempt to sell labor law posters to employers.
“These scams surface several
times a year and businesses will contact us,” Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry
said. “The threats of fines are bogus and should be ignored. The Department of
Labor provides free sets of labor law posters to businesses.”
The scammers will often pose
as either government officials or as acting on behalf of a poster company, such
as the North Carolina Labor Law Poster Service, a non-regulatory entity that
does not operate under any government agency. Other names these companies are
known to go by include Personnel Concepts and Labor Law Compliance. There have
been reports of these companies threatening fines from $7,000 to as much as
$17,000 for non-compliance. Mailings can often appear to be from an official
source and request fees for posters that cost anywhere from $84 to $200.
Businesses should be aware that scammers may also attempt to contact them by
either email, text or by phone.
While labor law posters are
required to be displayed at a workplace by law, NCDOL inspectors carry the most
up-to-date versions of the posters in their vehicles and will distribute them
free of charge. The N.C. Department of Labor will never fine a business that
has older versions of the poster displayed.
The NCDOL will print new
versions anytime a significant law is changed or updated by Congress. Businesses are not required to order a new poster each
time a change is made. Employers that wish to order new posters can visit www.nclabor.com/posters/posters.htm
or can call 1-800-625-2267.
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