The commissioner shall have the following powers:

1. 1. where an employer is found in violation of article six, nineteen or nineteen-A of this chapter, to post and/or affix for a period not to exceed one year a notice of no less than eight and one-half by eleven inches in an area visible to employees summarizing the violations found and other information deemed pertinent by the commissioner, according to such form and manner ordered by the commissioner; and
2. 2. where the violation is for a willful failure to pay all wages as required by article six, nineteen, or nineteen-A of this chapter, to post and/or affix for a period not to exceed ninety days in an area visible to the general public, as ordered by the commissioner, a notice of no less than eight and one-half by eleven inches as to the violations found, according to such form and manner ordered by the commissioner. Any person other than the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized representative who removes, alters, defaces or otherwise interferes with a notice posted and/or affixed under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.