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Do I Need Labor Law Posters for Remote Employees?

Explains labor law posting requirements for US employers, including where postings must be displayed and what applies when staff work remotely. Covers multi-location businesses and the alternative formats used to reach remote employees.

Yes. Every U.S. business with one or more paid employees must display federal, state, city and county labor law postings at each worksite, and employers with remote employees must provide those notices in an alternative format.

Posting requirements at a glance

  • Every business in the U.S. with one or more paid employees is required to have pertinent federal, state, city and county labor law postings displayed in their office.
  • Postings must be in an unblocked, unlocked public area where both applicants and employees can see them.
  • Businesses with multiple locations must display these postings in each location.
  • If an employer has remote employees, the employer must provide the labor law notices to those employees in an alternative format.

E-Update Service for Physical Worksites

This service covers the postings at your physical locations.

  • An up-to-date All in One State & Federal Labor Law Poster is shipped to your business initially and again each year on the anniversary of your service start date.
  • Between poster shipments, all federal, state, city and county labor law notice updates are sent directly to you as downloadable PDFs to print and post alongside your poster for 24/7 compliance.
  • Backed by a $25,000 "We Pay The Fine" Guarantee.
  • Supplemental industry-specific and local notices are provided as free downloads.

Digital Labor Law Poster Center

This service covers remote, hybrid, travelling and New York State-based employees.

  • Unlimited access to digital federal, state, city and county labor law notices for all 50 states plus DC and Puerto Rico, through an online application.
  • Employees or employers enter their work zip code or state in the online application to access up-to-date labor law notices for that work location.
  • The Digital Labor Law Poster Center URL can be added to an employer's intranet site, inserted in an employee handbook, provided via a company policy manual, or emailed out to employees.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need labor law posters for remote employees?

Yes. If an employer has remote employees, it must provide the labor law notices to those employees in an alternative format rather than relying on a physical posting at a worksite.

Which businesses have to display labor law posters?

Every business in the U.S. with one or more paid employees must display the pertinent federal, state, city and county labor law postings in an unblocked, unlocked public area where both applicants and employees can see them. Businesses with multiple locations must display the postings at each location.

What does the Digital Labor Law Poster Center include?

It provides unlimited access to digital federal, state, city and county labor law notices for all 50 states plus DC and Puerto Rico through an online application. Employees or employers enter their work ZIP code or state to pull up the current notices for that work location.

How do employers stay current between annual poster shipments?

The E-Update Service for Physical Worksites ships an up-to-date All in One State & Federal Labor Law Poster each year on the anniversary of the service start date, and in between sends all federal, state, city and county notice updates as downloadable PDFs to print and post alongside the poster. The service is backed by a $25,000 'We Pay The Fine' guarantee and includes supplemental industry-specific and local notices as free downloads.

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