Required Employment Posters
The administrative regulations for various state and federal employment related laws require the posting of notices to inform employees for their rights under those laws. This page provides links to files on the government sites containing posters that can be viewed and copied. This list contains the major posters required, but it is not intended to be a complete list. A good summary of the requirements and legal citations to the requirements can be found in the Washington Employment Law Deskbook, Ch. 14 Records and Notices. Seattle: Davis Wright Tremaine, 2007.
To Obtain Copies. Copies of employment posters may be downloaded from the links provided on this page or the agencies may be contacted for printed copies. Copies of state required posters can be obtained from the Washington State Department of Labor: Olympia - 800-547-8367, Seattle 206-281-5470. Federal posters can be obtained from the Seattle District Office, US Department of Labor, 206-553-4482. Select the poster information option. Federal labor law posters can also be obtained from office supply catalogs which combine several posters into one and from suppliers that specialize in Human Resource information .
Washington State Department of Labor
- Required and recommended posters (
87 KB) - A list of required or recommend posters, along with links, of both state and federal agencies. (F101-054-000 [6/03])
- Notice to Employees - If a Job Injury Occurs (
21kb) - Washington Industrial Insurance Act. Outlines the steps a worker should take if a job-related injury or illness occurs. Also briefly describes the benefits available through Washington's workers' compensation system. (F242-191-000 [3/98])
- Job Safety and Health Protection ( 155kb) (F416-081-000) - Describes important parts of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) which provides for job safety and health of Washington employees.
- Your Rights as a Non-agricultural Worker. (F700-074-000)
Your Rights as a Worker (Agricultural Workers) (F700-062-000)- Family Care Act - RCW 49.12.275, WAC 296-130-050
- Child Labor, Minor Work Permit - WAC 296-126-020, 296-126-050, 296-126-080
- Unemployment Compensation/Workers' Compensation Notice to Employees, Form EMS 9874.
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- Posters from U.S.Department of Labor
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum Wage Poster (Your Rights under FLSA), WH Publication No. 1088, Revised October 1996
- 29CFR.516.4 - Wages and Hours Division - Posting of Notices
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster (Your Rights under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993), WH Publication 1420, June 1993
- Military Family Leave amendments, January 2008
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster (Notice Polygraph Protection Act), WH Publication 1462, September 1988
- The Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Poster (Equal Opportunity is the Law), U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-0-368-769 Executive Order 11246 as amended; Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964
- 29CFR1601.30 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Notices to be posted
- 29CFR60-1.42 - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity - Notices to be posted.
- Americans with Disabilities Act (EEO) Poster (Equal Opportunity is the Law)
- 42USC.12115
- 29CFR1601.30 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Notices to be posted
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (EEO) Poster (Equal Opportunity is the Law)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act - EEO Poster (Equal Opportunity is the Law)
- 29CFR1627.10 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Records to be made or kept on age - Notices to be posted.
- Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act - EEO Poster (Equal Opportunity is the Law)
- 41CFR60-250.6(g) - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Affirmative Action policy practices and procedures, Internal dissemination of policy.
- Davis-Bacon Act Poster (Notice to All Workers Working on Federal or Federally
Financed Construction Projects), WH Publication 1321, Revised January 1986 - Service Contract Act / Walsh-Healey Act Poster (Notice to Employees Working on Government Contracts), (WH Publication 1313, Revised October 1996)
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act - USERRA Poster (Your Rights Under USERRA) - This Department of Labor poster explains employee rights under USERRA (the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act) and satisfies the employers obligation to notify employees of their rights under USERRA. This is a mandatory labor law poster that is supposed to be posted by March 10, 2005.