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# 3272 - OHIO: REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT-RELATED POSTERS

Here is a complete listing of required signs and posters that Ohio employers must display within easy access of their employees. Please review this list to make sure that you are in compliance with these requirements. If you need a sign or poster, contact the government agency listed.

You are three ways to obtain the required posters:

1) Obtain a free set of all the required Federal and Ohio posters is available from:

Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Bureau of Civil Rights & Labor Relations,
Office of Employee & Business Services,
30 E. Broad St., 32nd Floor
Columbus OH 43215-3414
614-644-2703

2) or purchase a laminated All-In-OneTM set of all the required Federal and Ohio posters from AMG LLC. Refer to Online Service Binder #12.

3) or you may contact each government agency as listed below.

Job Safety & Health Protection (OSHA) 

Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Columbus OSHA Office, 200 N. High St., Room 620, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 469-5582
or: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm 
Annual Summary, OSHA Form 300
Posting requirement: Must be posted from February 1 to April 30 each year, unless exempt from keeping OSHA 300 Log. Exempt employers include those with 10 or fewer employees, and those with exempt (low hazard) SIC codes.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Columbus OSHA Office, 200 N. High St., Room 620, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 469-5582
or: http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/RKforms.html  

Federal Fair Labor Standards Act

 Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently. Required if gross income exceeds $500,000/year and/or the company is engaged in interstate commerce or in the manufacturing of goods for commerce (note: this covers most employers, including those sending or receiving mail out of state or sending or receiving phone calls out of state).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, 200 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 469-5677
or: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm 
Family Medical Leave Act
Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently. Required if company employs 50 or more employees.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, 200 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 469-5677
or: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm 
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently, and is required for all employers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, 200 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 469-5677
or: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm 
Notice to Employees Working on Government Contracts
Posting requirement: Need only be posted by government contractors. There are three different posters: construction, manufacturing & service. Contact source listed below for correct poster.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, 200 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 469-5677
or: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm 
Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law
(Federal Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently. Must also post Spanish poster if any employees speak Spanish.
Source: Equal Employment Opportunity, Commission, Skylight Office Tower, 1660 West Second St., Suite 850, Cleveland, OH 44113-1454, (800) 669-4000
or: http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm 

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights

Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently. Effective March 10, 2005.

Source: US Dept. of Labor, 313-226-7447

www.dol.gov/vets/programs/userra/poster.pdf
Ohio Fair Employment Practices
Posting requirement: Must be posted by all employers with 4 or more employees.
Source: Ohio Civil Rights Commission, 1111 E. Broad St., Ste 301, Columbus, OH 43205-1379, 614-466-2785
Ohio Minimum Wage Law
Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently.
Source: Dept. of Industrial Relations, Prevailing Wage, Minimum Wage & Minors Division, 145 S. Front St., PO Box 1618, Columbus, OH 43216, 614-644-2239 ext.12
Ohio Minor Labor Laws
Posting requirement: Must be posted permanently. Only required if company has employees under age 18 who have not yet graduated from high school or earned a GED or the equivalent.
Ohio Workers' Compensation Fund
Posting requirement: Must post "Certificate of Premium Paid." This is the certificate furnished by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to employer upon payment of premium or upon approval of self-insured status. The Bureau recommends posting a copy and keeping the original in a safe place.
Source: Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, 30 West Spring St., Columbus, OH 43266-0581, 1-800-OHIOBWC.

-- February 2002, Millisor & Nobil, LLP