Tool Available to Determine Mandatory Posting Requirements
If you are a business owner, you should be aware that federal and state laws mandate that specific notices be posted in a workplace area in which they can be easily viewed by all employees. Yet, determining exactly which posting requirements pertain to your specific business can sometimes be difficult to ascertain. To make matters more confusing, there are businesses and websites that offer to sell employers all the necessary posters for a certain fee. However, employers need not spend their money purchasing these posters or even worry about figuring out which notices they are required to post.
The Department of Labor has simplified the posting requirement by providing business owners with a tool on its website. The tool asks employers to answer a series of questions (e.g. the number of employees employed, the nature of the business) to determine which notices apply to that specific business. The tool can be found at http://www.dol.gov/elaws/posters.htm. Employers can then download and print the federal posters directly from its website.
The Department of Labor website additionally directs Michigan business owners to check with the state for all notices required from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act (MIOSHA). Business owners should use the following link from Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to download and print all applicable MIOSHA posters directly from the website: http://www6.dleg.state.mi.us/Parsers/safety_posters.asp.
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