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HR policy - Required employer postings
Federal and state laws require that employers post information related to various regulations that protect employees. This page provides access to the mandatory, required postings in various languages. (Please note that not all postings are available in all languages. Where available, Spanish and Hmong are linked).
Federal Required Postings
| Title | Description | Link(s) to required posting |
| Employee Rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act | The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, state, and local governments. | English | Spanish | Hmong |
| Job safety and health: "It's the Law" | The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was enacted to "assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women" by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and compliance assistance. The OSH Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at the Federal level and provided that states could run their own safety and health programs as long as those programs were at least as effective as the Federal program. | English | Spanish |
| Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family Medical Leave Act | The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) provides a means for employees to balance their work and family responsibilities by taking unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons. | English | Spanish |
| Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law | Executive Order 11246 (E.O. 11246) prohibits certain Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. | English | Spanish |
| Pay transparency nondiscrimination provision | Executive Order 11246 (E.O. 11246) prohibits certain Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Executive Order 11246 (E.O. 11246) prohibits certain Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. | English | Spanish |
| Migrant and seasonal agricultural worker protection act notice | The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) safeguards most migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in their interactions with farm labor contractors, agricultural employers, agricultural associations, and providers of migrant housing. | English/Spanish | English/Hmong |
| Employee rights for workers with disabilities paid at special minimum wages | The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards generally affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, state, and local governments. | English | Spanish | Hmong |
| Employee polygraph protection act notice | The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA) generally prevents private sector employers from using lie detector tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exceptions. | English | Spanish |
| Your rights under USERRA | The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protects service members' reemployment rights when returning from a period of service in the uniformed services, including those called up from the reserves or National Guard, and prohibits employer discrimination based on military service or obligation. | English |
| Employee rights under the H-2A program | Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes the lawful admission into the United States of temporary, nonimmigrant workers (H-2A workers) to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature. | English | Spanish |
| Notice to all employees working on federal of federally financed construction projects (Davis-Bacon Act) | The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) require contractors and subcontractors to pay locally prevailing wages to laborers and mechanics employed on certain federal and federally assisted construction projects. | English |
| Employee rights on government contracts | The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) applies to certain contracts with the federal government or the District of Columbia that require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics, including watchmen and guards. | English English (Supplement) |
| Notification of employee rights under federal labor laws | Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to inform employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. See 29 CFR Part 471. | English | Spanish | Hmong |
| Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act | The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) guarantees the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers, and to engage in other protected concerted activity or to refrain from engaging in any of the above activity. | English | Spanish |
| Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Summary (OSHA-300) | As required by 29 CFR 1904.32, a company executive must certify that he or she has examined the OSHA 300 Log and that he or she believes, based on his or her knowledge of the process by which the information was recorded, that the annual summary is correct and complete. | English |
| E-Verify for FAR contracts (only) | E-Verify is the online, verification process for the Form I-9 to confirm an employee's employment eligibility to work in the U.S. This process is only for employees working on a Federal Contract. | English | Spanish |
| Notice of the Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your Health Coverage | Under the Federal Affordable Care Act, there is a new way to buy health insurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace. To assist you as you evaluate options for you and your family, this notice provides some basic information about the new Marketplace and employment-based health coverage offered by the University of Wisconsin. | English |
Wisconsin Required Postings
| Title | Description | Link(s) to required posting |
| Applying for unemployment benefits | If you have become unemployed or partially unemployed, you may apply for unemployment benefits online. File weekly claims to receive benefit payments after requirements are met. | English | Spanish | Hmong |
| Minimum wage | Individuals under the age of 20 may be paid the "opportunity wage" of $5.90 per hour during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer. After 90 consecutive calendar days, or the employee reaches 20 years of age, whichever comes first, the employee must receive a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. | English | Spanish |
| The special minimum wage for workers with disabilities | Workers whose disabilities impair their ability to perform their work may be employed under a special minimum wage license issued by the Department of Workforce Development. | English |
| Hours and time of work for minors | Minors under 16 have restricted hours of work per day and week depending on the time of year. See the poster for the specific times. | English | Spanish |
| Business closing and mass layoff law | Businesses that employ 50 or more persons must provide written notice before implementing a business closing or mass layoff, with exceptions. New or low hour employees are not counted as employees. | English | Spanish |
| Cessation of health care benefits | Businesses employing 50 or more persons must provide written notice of the employer's intention to cease providing health care benefits. | English |
| Fair employment law | The Wisconsin Fair Employment Law prohibits employers, employment agencies, labor unions, and licensing agencies from discriminating against employees and job applicants because of certain protected classes and characteristics listed on the poster. | English | Spanish |
| Family and medical leave law | Applies only to employers with 50 or more employees. Employers with 25 to 50 employees must post a notice describing their own policies with respect to family or medical leave. | English | Spanish |
| Bone marrow and organ donation leave act | Applies only to employers with 50 or more employees. Employers with 25 to 50 employees must post a notice describing their own policies with respect to bone marrow or organ donation leave. | English | Spanish |
| Health care worker protection act | The Health Care Worker Protection Law protects employees of health care facilities or providers from discipline at work for good faith reporting of any potential violations of state or federal law by the health care facility or provider, or any situation where care is provided in a manner that violates states or federal standards, laws or recognized clinical or ethical standards. | English | Spanish |
| Honesty testing devices | Under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, the use of honesty testing (lie detectors) in employment is either unlawful or highly regulated. | English |
| Public Employee Safety and Health | Wisconsin Public Employers are required to post this notice where notices to employees are usually posted. | English |
| Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace | Wisconsin Public Employers are required to post this notice where notices to employees are usually posted. | English |