Required Employer Posters
State and federal laws require all employers to display employment posters in their offices that cover several Ohio and national employment laws. As an OSCA member benefit, we provide a summary of what each poster is and where it should be displayed in addition to free, downloadable versions of all required posters.
2023 Ohio Minimum Wage Poster
- What: Details Ohio’s minimum wage guidelines for 2023.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
Disability Inclusion Access Poster
- What: Ohio is a disability inclusion state and Ohio Executive Order 2019-03D requires state agencies to encourage and support individuals with disabilities to fully participate in social, economic, and employment activities of the State.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
Equal Employment Opportunity Poster
- What: The “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster, prepared by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), summarizes federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination and explains how employees or applicants can file a complaint if they believe that they have experienced discrimination.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
Employee Polygraph Protection Act Poster
- What: The Employee Polygraph Protection Act prohibits most private employers from using lie detector tests for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
Family and Medical Leave Act Poster
- What: The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
Ohio “Know Your Rights” Poster
- What: The Ohio Civil Rights Act protects applicants and employees of private employers, state, county and local governments, educational institutions, labor organizations, employment agencies and personnel placement services from unlawful discriminatory employment practices.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
Minor Labor Laws Poster
- What: Summarizes Ohio’s minor labor laws, which allow young Ohioans to safely participate in the job market.
- Where: This poster must be displayed in an accessible area of any Ohio employer who employs individuals under the age of 18.
Federal Minimum Wage Poster
- What: The Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage provisions set federal minimum wage at $7.25 per hour.
- Where: This poster should be placed in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted. In addition to physically posting, covered employers are encouraged to post the notice digitally on their web sites in a conspicuous location.
No Smoking Sign
- What: Every public place or place of employment should designate areas as “no smoking” areas.
- Where: Every public place or place of employment must post no smoking signs at each entrance. Each sign must include a toll-free number to report violations.
Ohio Department of Health Poster Radiation Notice to Employees
- What: The radiation protection rules require that an employer complies with the Ohio Department of Health’s established standards for employee protection from radiation sources, which are required to be licensed/registered with the Ohio Department of Health.
- Where: Copies of this notice must be posted in a sufficient number of places in every facility where employees are engaged in activities subject to the radiation protection rules of the Ohio Administrative Code to permit employees working in or frequenting any portion of a restricted area to observe a copy on their way to or from their place of employment.
USERRA Poster
- What: USERRA protects the job rights of individuals who voluntarily or involuntarily leave their employment to undertake military service or service in the National Disaster Medical System. USERRA prohibits employers from discriminating against past or present members of the uniformed services, including applications to the uniformed services.
- Where: Employers must provide employees with notice of their rights under USERRA by posting it where employee notices are customarily placed. However, employers are free to provide the notice to employees in other ways that will minimize costs while ensuring
that the full text of the notice is provided (e.g., by handing or mailing out the notice, or distributing the notice via electronic mail).