The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers (both federal employers and employers in the private sector) to post mandatory federal labor law posters. You must also place Occupational Safety and Health posting in visible areas to remind every employee you hire about workplace safety guidelines for hazardous occupations laid out in the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
A poster noting the federal minimum wage and overtime pay laws, or your state minimum wage, whichever is higher, must also be shown at your workplace. This is to remind employees how much they will be paid for hours worked.
Many states also require you to post posters laying out the rules under your state’s family and medical leave policies in order to remind your team of the laws that apply to them.
If you are an independent contractor or a sole proprietor running your own business with no employees working for you, you do not need to post any labor law posters at your place of work.
However, if you do in fact have employees and need to have the required labor law posters provided in your workplace, you can find them in Homebase’s state labor law compliance center.
Not only does the center provide links for each state on where to find the labor law compliance poster small businesses need, but you can also read the important employment laws you need to be aware of a small business owner. These include wage and hour laws, child labor laws, work permits required, paid leave, and more.
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