California Labor Law Posters: What’s Covered?

Each state has their own labor law posters and to be in full compliance, businesses in California must post both the California state labor law poster, as well as the Federal labor law poster. Combination labor law posters are available, which contain both state and federal information.  

The California labor law poster has undergone several rounds of revisions and updates over the past few years. These include the following:

• Updates to Workers Compensation Notice that reflect current law and include info about the Medical Provider Networks (Oct. 2010)

•  Updates to the EEOC posting and the new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) language (Nov. 2009)

• Updates to the federal Family Medical Leave Act (Jan. 2009)

•  Updates to Federal Minimum Wage (July 2007, 2008 and 2009)

In addition, California labor law posters include standard information regarding the following:

• Discrimination & Harassment in the workplace

• Unemployment, Disability Insurance Benefits & Paid Family Leave

• Unemployment & State Disability Insurance

•  California Minimum Wage – Sets forth minimum wage applicability, wages and meals and lodging. Includes English and Spanish translation

• CAL/OSHA Safety & Health Protection – Provides information regarding safety rules and regulations

• Payday Notice – Specifies regular paydays and time and place of payment

•  Emergency Information – List of emergency responder phone numbers

•  Employee Rights

• Whistleblower Protection (must be in font size of 14 or larger for readability) – Includes employee rights and responsibilities

• Time off to vote

• No smoking signage – Includes designation of approved / prohibited smoking areas

• Equal Employee Opportunity

•  Polygraph Protection Act

The CA Labor Law Poster must be displayed in a visible and legible place in the workplace. Typically, this is in the break room or other general area such as the human resource department. Certain industries may require additional compliance and labor law poster documentation, depending on public sector and other criteria. These may include one of more of the following:

• Access to medical and exposure records (for employees working with or exposed to hazardous or toxic substances)

• Operating rules for industrial trucks (for employees operating forklifts, tow tractors or other large industrial grade trucks)

• Log of injuries and illnesses (for employers with 11 or more employees)

• Farm labor contract of pay rates (for farm laborers that are contracted by DLSE)

•  Prevailing wage rate determinations (for public workers awarding contracts)

•  Notice A: Pregnancy & Family Leave Notice (for employers of 5 to 49 employees)

•  Notice B: Family Care & Medical Leave (for employers with 50 plus employees)