As an employer, federal and state laws require you to clearly display official labor and employment posters detailing federal and applicable state labor laws. Both federal agencies such as, the U.S. Department of Labor, and state agencies provide posters at no cost to employers.

Federal Posters

Basic Information

• Department of Labor Workplace Posters
  Some of the statutes and regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) require that notices be provided to employees and/or posted in the workplace. DOL provides free electronic and printed copies of these required notices and posters.

• Poster Advisor : Find Posters Required for Your Business
  The Poster Advisor is designed to help employers comply with the poster requirements of laws administered by the Department of Labor.

• Workplace Poster Requirements for Small Businesses and Other Employees
  Find electronic copies of the required workplace posters by the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Specific Poster Requirements

• Equal Employment Opportunity Poster
  Every employer covered by non-discrimination and EEO laws is required to post on its premises the poster, "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law."

• Fair Labor Standards Act Poster
  Every employer of employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage provisions must post, and keep posted, a notice explaining the Act in a conspicuous place in all of their establishments so as to permit employees to readily read it.

• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster
  All covered employers are required to display and keep displayed a poster prepared by the Department of Labor summarizing the major provisions of The Family and Medical Leave Act and telling employees how to file a complaint.

• Notice to Workers Paid Special Minimum Wages
  Every employer of workers with disabilities under special minimum wage certificates authorized by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act, and/or the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act shall display a poster prescribed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division explaining the conditions under which special minimum wages may be paid.

• Occupational Safety and Health Act Poster
  Employers subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act are required to post a notice notifying employees of the protections of the Act.

• Office of Labor-Management Standards Union Member Rights Poster
  The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act guarantees certain rights to union members, and imposes certain responsibilities on union officers to ensure union democracy, financial integrity and transparency. This poster, provided by the Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards, provides a summary of these rights and responsibilities.

• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Poster
  Employers are required to provide to persons entitled to the rights and benefits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), a notice of the rights, benefits and obligations of such persons and such employers under USERRA.

For Federal Contractors

• Davis-Bacon Poster
  Every employer performing work covered by the labor standards of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts shall post a notice (including any applicable wage determination) at the site of the work in a prominent and accessible place where it may be easily seen by employees.

• Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment Of Union Dues (Beck Poster)
  Executive Order 13201 requires Government contracts and subcontracts to include a clause requiring non-exempt Federal contractors and subcontractors to post notices informing their employees that they have certain rights related to union membership and use of union dues and fees under Federal law.

• Service Contract Act/Walsh-Healey Poster
  Every employer performing work covered by the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA) or the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) is required to post a notice of compensation required (including, for service contracts, any applicable wage determination) in a prominent and accessible location at the work site where it may be seen by all employees performing on the contract.