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Federal Workplace Poster Requirements for Small Businesses and
Other Employers
Some of the statutes and regulations enforced by agencies within the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) require that
notices be posted in the workplace. The DOL provides electronic copies of the required posters, and some of the
posters are available in languages other than English.
Please note that posting requirements vary by statute; that is, not all employers are covered by each of the DOL's
statutes and thus may not be required to post a specific notice. For example, some small businesses may not be
covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and thus would not be subject to its posting requirements.
For information on coverage, visit the Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Business (elaws)
Poster Advisor. You may also contact the Office of Small Business Programs for assistance with these notice
requirements.
To obtain posters or for more information about poster requirements or other compliance assistance matters,
contact the DOL at (866) 4-USA-DOL.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKPLACE POSTER
REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHER EMPLOYERS
POSTER
JOB SAFETY AND HEALTH
PROTECTION
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
29 USC 657(c), 29 CFR 1903.2

WHO MUST POST

CITATIONS /
PENALTY

Private employers engaged in a business
affecting commerce. Does not apply to
federal, state or political subdivisions of
states.

Any covered employer
failing to post the poster
may be subject to
citation and penalty.

Employers in states operating OSHAapproved state plans should obtain and
post the state’s equivalent poster.

Entities holding federal contracts or
subcontracts or federally assisted
construction contracts of $10,000 or more;
financial institutions which are issuing and
paying agents for U.S. savings bonds and
savings notes; depositories of federal
funds or entities having government bills
of lading.

Appropriate contract
sanctions may be
imposed for uncorrected
violations.

Post copies of the poster in conspicuous
places available to employees, applicants
for employment, and representatives of
labor organizations with which there is a
collective bargaining agreement. Also,
non construction contractors or
subcontractors with 50 or more
employees and a contract of $50,000 or
more [otherwise required by 41 CFR 602.1 (a)] should develop an equal
opportunity policy as part of an affirmative
action plan and post the policy on
company bulletin boards. 41 CFR 60-2.2 1
(a)(9).

No citations or penalties
for failure to post.

Any employer of employees to whom sec.
7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act does
not apply may alter or modify the poster
legibly to show that the overtime
provisions do not apply.

En Español
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY IS THE LAW
Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs
Executive Order 11246, as
amended; Section 503 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended; 38 U.S.C. 4212 of
the Vietnam Era Veterans’
Readjustment Assistance Act
of 1974, as amended; 41 CFR
Chapter 60-l .42; 41 C.F.R 60250.4(k); 4 1 C.F.R. 60-74
1.5(a)4

Please note that the EEOC* may provide
additional posting requirements at Section
2000e-10 [§711].

OTHER INFORMATION

For more information about Job Safety
and Health, please visit:
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/poster.h
tml

En Español
Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA)
Minimum wage poster
Wage and Hour Division
En Español
Chinese Version (PDF)
Russian Version (PDF)
Thai Version (PDF)
Hmong Version (PDF)
Vietnamese Version (PDF)
Korean Version (PDF)
Polish Version (PDF)
Haitian Creole Version (PDF)
Specific posters for:
State & Local Gov't Employees
(PDF)
Agricultural Employees (PDF)
Agricultural Employees Spanish
Version (PDF)
American Samoa (PDF)
Northern Mariana Islands (PDF)

Every private, federal, state and local
government employer employing any
employee subject to the Fair Labor
Standards Act, 29 USC 211, 29 CFR
516.4 posting of notices.

For information on how to order a poster,
please visit:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/publications/