U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKPLACE POSTER

REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHER EMPLOYERS

CITATIONS /
POSTER WHO MUST POST OTHER INFORMATION
PENALTY
JOB SAFETY AND HEALTH Private employers engaged in a Any covered Employers in states operating
PROTECTION Occupational business affecting commerce. employer failing to OSHA-approved state plans
Safety and Health Does not apply to federal, state or post the poster should obtain and post the
Administration. 29 USC political subdivisions of states. may be subject to state’s equivalent poster.
657(c), 29 CFR 1903.2 citation and
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT Entities holding federal contracts Appropriate Post copies of the poster in
OPPORTUNITY IS THE LAW or subcontracts or federally contract sanctions conspicuous places available
Employment Standards assisted construction contracts of may be imposed to employees, applicants for
Administration, Office of $10,000 or more; financial for uncorrected employment, and
Federal Contract Compliance institutions which are issuing and violations. representatives of labor
Programs. Executive Order paying agents for U.S. savings organizations with which there
11246, as amended; Section bonds and savings notes; is a collective bargaining
503 of the Rehabilitation Act of depositories of federal funds or agreement. Also, non
1973, as amended; 38 U.S.C. entities having government bills of construction contractors or
4212 of the Vietnam Era lading. subcontractors with 50 or
Veterans’ Readjustment more employees and a
Assistance Act of 1974, as Please note that the EEOC* may contract of $50,000 or more
amended; 41 CFR Chapter 60- provide additional posting [otherwise required by 41 CFR
l .42; 41 C.F.R 60-250.4(k); 4 requirements at Section 2000e-10 60-2.1 (a)] should develop an
1 C.F.R. 60-74 1.5(a)4 [§711]. equal opportunity policy as
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plan and post the policy on
company bulletin boards. 41
CFR 60-2.2 1 (a)(9).
Fair Labor Standards Act Every private, federal, state and No citations or Any employer of employees to
(FLSA) local government employer penalties for whom sec. 7 of the Fair Labor
Minimum wage poster employing any employee subject failure to post. Standards Act does not apply
Employment Standards to the Fair Labor Standards Act, may alter or modify the poster
Administration, Wage and 29 USC 211, 29 CFR 516.4 legibly to show that the
Hour Division posting of notices. overtime provisions do not
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– Chinese Version
(PDF)
– Russian Version
(PDF)
– Thai Version (PDF)
– Hmong Version
(PDF)
– Vietnamese Version
(PDF)
– Korean Version
(PDF)

Specific posters for:

– State & Local Gov't
Employees (PDF)
– Agricultural
Employees (PDF)
– American Somoa
(PDF)
– Northern Mariana
 Islands (PDF)
Employee Right for Workers Every employer having workers No citations or Where an employer finds it
with Disabilities/Special employed under special minimum penalties for inappropriate to post such a
Minimum Wage Poster wage certificates authorized by failure to post. notice, the employer may
Employment Standards section 14(c) of the Fair Labor provide the poster directly to
Administration, Wage and Standards Act. all employees subject to its
Hour Division. 29 CFR 525.14 terms.
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YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE Public agencies (including state, Willful refusal to Where an employer’s
FAMILY AND MEDICAL local, and federal employers), post may result in workforce is not proficient in
LEAVE ACT Employment public and private elementary and a civil money English, the employer must
Standards Administration, secondary schools, as well as penalty by the provide the notice in the
Wage and Hour Division. 29 private sector employers who Wage and Hour language the employee
CFR 825.300, .402 employ 50 or more employees in Division not to speaks. The poster must be
– En Español 20 or more work weeks and who exceed $100 for posted prominently where it
are engaged in commerce or in each separate can be readily seen by
any industry or activity affecting offense. employees and applicants for
commerce, including joint employment.
employers and successors of
covered employers.
Uniformed Services The full text of the notice must be No citations or Employers may provide the
Employment and provided by each employer to penalties for notice by posting it where
Reemployment Rights Act persons entitled to rights and failure to notify. An employee notices are
(Notice for use by all benefits under USERRA. individual could customarily placed. However,
employers.) ask USDOL to employers are free to provide
investigate and the notice in other ways that
Veterans' Employment and seek compliance, will minimize costs while
Training Service or file a private ensuring that the full text of the
38 U.S.C. 4334, enforcement notice is provided (e.g., by
20 CFR 1002. action to require distributing the notice by direct
the employer to handling, mailing, or via
provide the notice electronic mail).
to employees.
NOTICE TO ALL Any contractor/subcontractor No citations or The contractor or
EMPLOYEES WORKING ON engaged in contracts in excess of penalties for subcontractor is required to
FEDERAL OR FEDERALLY $2,000 for the actual construction, failure to post. insert in any subcontract the
FINANCED CONSTRUCTION alteration/repair of a public poster requirements contained
PROJECTS (Davis-Bacon Act) building or public work or building in 29 CFR 5.5(a)(l). The poster
Employment Standards or work financed in whole or in must be posted at the site of
Administration, Wage and part from federal funds, federal work, in a prominent and
Hour Division. 29 CFR 5.5(a)(l) guarantee, or federal pledge which accessible place where it can
– En Español is subject to the labor standards easily be seen by workers.
provisions of any of the acts listed
in 29 CFR 5.1.
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES Every contractor or subcontractor No citations or Contractors and any
WORKING ON engaged in a contract with the penalties for subcontractors engaged in
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS United States or the District of failure to post. federal service contracts
(Service Contracts Act) Columbia in excess of $2,500 the exceeding $2,500 shall notify
Employment Standards principal purpose of which is to each service employee or post
Administration, Wage and furnish services in the U.S. the minimum monetary wage
Hour Division. 29 CFR 4.6(e), . through the use of service and any fringe benefits
184 employees. required to be paid pursuant to
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NOTICE: EMPLOYEE
POLYGRAPH PROTECTION
ACT Employment Standards
Administration, Wage and
Hour Division. 29 CFR 801.6
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NOTICE MIGRANT AND
SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL associations and farm labor
WORKER PROTECTION ACT contractors.
Employment Standards
Administration, Wage and
Hour Division. 29 CFR 500.75,
.76
– In English/En
Español
– In English/An Ereyôl
– In
English/Vietnamese
– In English/Hmong
Any employer engaged in or
affecting commerce or in the
production of goods for
commerce. Does not apply to
federal, state and local
governments, or to circumstancesto post.
covered by the national defense
and security exemption.
Agricultural employers, agricultural A civil money
The Secretary of The Act extends to all
Labor can bring employees or prospective
court actions and employees regardless of their
assess civil citizenship status. Foreign
penalties for failing corporations operating in the
United States must comply or
will result in penalties for
failing to post. The poster must
be displayed where
employees and applicants for
employment can readily
observe it.
Each employer covered by the
penalty may be Act who provides housing to
assessed. migrant agricultural workers
shall post in a conspicuous
place, throughout the
occupancy period, information
on the terms and conditions of
occupancy of such housing.

Posters of special interest to federal contractors:

The Davis-Bacon Act (Government Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment

construction) Rights Act (Notice for use by federal agency employers)
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Service Contract Act (SCA)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor