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November 9, 2008    DOL Home > elaws Advisors > Family and Medical Leave Act Advisor
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Have you posted the FMLA Poster in a location used by all employees and applicants for employment?

Note: Every covered employer must post and keep posted on its premises, in conspicuous places where employees are employed, a notice explaining the Act's provisions, whether or not it has any "eligible" employees. Please review the bulleted items below for more information on posting requirements.

  • The poster and the text must be large enough to be easily read and contain fully legible text.
  • An employer that willfully violates the posting requirement may be assessed a civil money penalty.
  • Failure to post the required notice prevents the employer from taking any adverse action against an employee, including denying FMLA leave, failing to provide advance notice of a need to take FMLA leave.
  • When appropriate, the employer must provide the notice in a language the employees can read.

See Regulations 29 CFR Part 825.300 and Appendix C.



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