FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE Contact: Marta
Collazo
June 20,
2014
860-240-8637
REP. ARCE ALERTS
LOCAL BUSINESSES ON
DEVIOUS SALES
OFFERS
State Representative Angel
Arce (D-Hartford) is alerting business owners about a potentially deceitful
sales practice that various local merchants brought to his attention
today.
According to various
Hispanic-owned Park Street and Franklin Avenue small businesses, sales
representatives visited their stores selling them labor laws posters, depicting
state and federal laws and regulations that should be posted inside their
establishment.
“I received a few calls from
local business owners asking me if the state was running a campaign to have
these posters in every store,” Rep. Arce said. “After further
investigation, I found that a company is selling them posters that these
businesses can get free of charge from the state.”
Arce noted, “The ‘business
representatives’, go door to door telling small business owners that they have
to buy the poster in order to be state compliant, otherwise, they could be fined
thousands of dollars for not having them posted. In turn, out of fear, they
bought into it.”
The Connecticut Department of
Labor has several posters, guides and information FREE of charge to employers
and businesses. For more information, please visit: http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/ . To get copies of Connecticut
state posters with information on wages, hours of work, or working conditions,
not posted on their website, please call (860) 263-6790.
Rep. Arce said, “I am
talking to state agencies about getting more information about this business to
verify the legitimacy of the company and find out more about what they are
doing. In the meantime, I urge merchants to stay alert and not invest their
money on posters that they can get free of charge.”
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