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Federal Workplace Poster Requirements
Some of the statutes and regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and other federal agencies require that notices be provided to employees or posted in the workplace. DOL provides free electronic and printed copies of its required posters through its elaws Poster Advisor.
The Advisor can be used to determine which posters employers are required to display at their places of business. Posters, available in English and other languages, may be downloaded and printed directly from the Advisor, or from the links in the chart below.
Employers Subject to Specific laws
- Employee rights
under the H-2B program poster: required for employers with temporary,
non-immigrant nonagricultural labor or service workers who work under the H-2B
program. English
| Spanish
- E-Verify
participation poster: required for employers participating in the E-Verify
program. English/Spanish
- Family
and medical leave poster: required for public agencies, elementary and
secondary schools, and private employers with 50 or more employees. A new version of the English poster was
published in 2016, but replacing the previous version is not required. English |
Spanish
- Job
safety and health protection poster: required for employers regulated by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Employers in states
with an OSHA-approved state plan must display the
state version of this poster English| Spanish | Additional languages
- Minimum
wage poster: required for employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA). Employers may legibly and appropriately modify the notice as necessary
if all their workers are exempt from FLSA requirements. English | Spanish| Additional languages
- Polygraph
protection poster: required for employers engaged in commerce (including
the production of goods for commerce). Does not apply to federal, state and
local governments, or to circumstances covered by the national defense and
security exemption. English | Spanish
- Right to
work poster: required for employers participating in E-Verify this
anti-discrimination notice issued by the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
of the Department of Justice. English/Spanish
- Uniformed
servicesemployment poster:
required for employers with employees entitled to the rights and benefits
offered by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA). English
- Workers
with disabilities poster: required for employers with employees who work
under special minimum wage certificates. Employers may choose to provide a
handout with this information directly to affected employees if posting a
public notice would be inappropriate. English |
Spanish
- Workplace
discrimination is illegal poster: required for (1) private employers with
at least 15 employees who worked for the employer for at least twenty
calendar weeks (in this year or last) (2) federal contractors with at least $10,000 in federal contracts, (3) financial institutions that
issue and pay U.S. savings bonds or notes, (4) depositories of federal funds,
(5) entities with government bills of lading and (6) all federal agencies. English | Spanish
Federal Contractors
- Government
construction (DBA) poster: required for contractors and subcontractors
engaged in contracts in excess of $2,000
for federally assisted construction projects. English
- Minimum
wage poster (Executive Order
13658): required for (1) procurement
contracts covered by the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) that exceed $2,000; (2) contracts covered by the McNamara-O'Hara Service
Contracts Act (SCA) that exceed $2,500;
(3) concessions contracts; and (4) contracts in connection with federal
property or lands and related to offering services for federal employees, their
dependents, or the general public. English
- Notice to
employees working on government contracts under the Public Contracts Act or
SCA: required for contractors or
subcontractors engaged in a contract with the United States or the District of
Columbia in excess of $2,500. English
| Spanish
- Paid
sick leave (Executive Order 13706):
applies to (1) procurement
contracts covered by the DBA, (2) service
contracts covered by the SCA, (3) concessions
contracts: and (4) contracts
in connection with federal property or lands and related to offering services
for federal employees, their dependents, or the general public. English
- Pay
transparencynondiscriminationposter: required for contracts over $10,000 in government business in one
year. Employers covered by Executive Order
11246, as amended, are also required to include the Pay Transparency
Nondiscrimination Provision in employee manuals and handbooks. Posting
may be accomplished electronically or by posting a copy of the provision
in conspicuous places available for employees and applicants. English
- Rights
under federal labor law poster: notice must be posted in plants and offices
where employees covered by the NLRA perform contract-related activity. Poster must be at least 11
x 17 inches. English
| Spanish
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| Hmong | Laotian
| Mandarin
Chinese | Somali
| Vietnamese
- Service
contracts or public contracts poster English | Spanish
Agricultural Employers
The following posters are required for agricultural
employers:
Please Note: The posters presented herein are for general reference only. This information has been taken from sources which we believe to be reliable, but there is no guarantee as to its accuracy. State or local laws or individual circumstances such as size of company or industry may impact the state requirements related to specific employer posters and notices. As such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of posters featured in the Posters section.