PENNSYLVANIA, January 18 - time of said change. Alternatively, however, every employer may

give such notification by posting the aforementioned facts and

keeping them posted conspicuously at the employer's place of

business. Further, in cases where wages, amounts of any fringe

benefits or wage supplements are set forth in a bona fide

collective bargaining agreement and copies of that agreement are

available to employes, then this shall satisfy the employer's

duty to give notice.

(b) It shall be the duty of every employer to provide notice

to his employes at the time of hiring of a summary of this act

and any regulations issued under this act applicable to the

employer.

Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 8.1. Duty of Employer.--(a) Every employer shall

keep a summary of this act and any regulations issued under this

act applicable to the employer posted in a conspicuous place

where employes normally pass and can read it. Employers shall,

upon request to the department, be furnished with copies of the

summary without charge.

(b) Every employer who fails to provide notice to an employe

as required under section 4(b), or fails to post in a

conspicuous place a summary of this act and any regulations as

required under subsection (a), shall be guilty of a summary

offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a

fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

Section 3. Section 9.1(g) of the act is amended to read:

Section 9.1. Civil Remedies and Penalties.--* * *

(g) [No] (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no

administrative proceedings or legal action shall be instituted

under the provisions of this act for the collection of unpaid

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