Employers have to put up labor law posters in their work sites across the United States, no matter which of the 50 states they’re in. That’s why they’re called mandatory labor law compliance posters, right? No wonder employers often look for Free Government Posters to save them some change while they’re complying with the law.
The one issue with Free Government Posters, however, is that you should make sure they actually meet the requirements of the state that you’re buying them for. For instance, every state has a certain amount of state postings included in the labor law posters. If your Free Government Posters don’t have that correct number for your state, then obviously they aren’t even worth the paper they’re printed on.
Your Free Government Posters should also contain the six mandatory federal postings that many states include in their labor law compliance posters. You’ve probably heard these federal labor postings listed here on this blog more than one time.
But before you pick up Free Government Posters that aren’t accurate or good, let’s spend a couple more minutes going over those federal posters just to be sure. The six include: the Family and Medical Leave Act posting that covers time off for employees for personal and health reasons; the polygraph protection posting that guards employees against their employers forcing a lie-detector test on them; and the OSHA work site safety and health requirements.
The other three federal postings in any good Free Government Posters include: the federal minimum wage posting that explains that $5.15 is the federal minimum wage; the Equal Employment Opportunity posting, with its prohibitions of discrimination; and the USERRA posting and its rights for employees serving in the armed forces.
Any Free Government Posters must contain those six federal postings, as well as the state mandatory postings.
