Federal & State Regulations | Workplace poster fines - California

In addition to required federal postings, employers in California must also post:

Posting title	Who must post?	Regulation	Fine amount
Minimum Wage Employers with workers who speak and read only Spanish must also post the Spanish version. Employers must also post the minimum wage order that applies to their business; these specialty posters may be purchased separately.	All employers	Cal. Labor Code 1182.13(c) Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
CAL/OSHA Safety & Health Protection	All employers	Cal. Labor Code 6328 8 CCR 340	Up to $1,000 per each violation.
Emergency Phone Numbers Employer must fill in information.	The California Department of Industrial Relations indicates that this must be posted by all employers; however, the posting requirement is part of the Construction Safety Orders.	8 CCR 1512(e)	Up to $12,471 per violation. (Cal. Labor Code 6431)
Discrimination & Harassment in Employment are Prohibited by Law	All employers	Fair Employment and Housing Act (Cal. Gov. Code 12950) 2 CCR 11023(d)	Department may seek an order requiring poster compliance.
Your Rights and Obligations as a Pregnant Employee Must be posted in Spanish if that language is spoken by at least 10 percent of workers.	All employers with five or more employees	2 CCR 11095	N/A
Family Care and Medical Leave and Pregnancy Disability Leave Must be posted in Spanish if that language is spoken by at least 10 percent of workers.	All public employers or private employers with 20 or more employees. Must be posted where both applicants and employees may see it.	2 CCR 11095	N/A
Transgender Rights in the Workplace	All employers	Fair Employment and Housing Act (Cal. Gov. Code 12950) 2 CCR 11023(d)	Department may seek an order requiring poster compliance.
Notice to Employees: Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Paid Family Leave (PFL) (DE 1857A)	All employers	See regulations relating to individual acts listed on the poster	N/A
Unemployment Insurance (DE 1857D)	All employers	California Unemployment Insurance Code Section 1089	N/A
Workers’ Compensation Employer must fill in information; employers with Spanish-speaking employees must also post the notice in Spanish.	All employers	Cal. Labor Code 3550 8 CCR 9881	Up to $7,000. (Department of Industrial Relations)
Whistleblowers Are Protected	All employers	Cal. Labor Code 1102.8	Fine not to exceed $1,000 (for a corporation, $5,000). [Cal. Labor Code 1103]
Payday Notice Employer must fill in information.	All employers	Cal. Labor Code 207	Misdemeanor violation, fine not specified.
Time Off to Vote	All employers	Cal. Election Code 14001 et seq.	N/A
Paid Sick Leave (Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act)	All employers	Cal. Labor Code 247	Fine of not more than $100 per offense. [Cal. Labor Code 247(c)]
Minimum Wage Supplement for Fast Food Employees	Fast food restaurants that are part of a restaurant chain of at least 60 establishments nationwide. This does not include bakeries or restaurants located within a grocery establishment, airport, hotel, event center, theme park, museum, or gambling establishment. Restaurants at a public beach, port, historical district, or port authority are not covered, and neither are restaurants in a building used by a for-profit company serving employees of that company.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Cal/OSHA Operating Rules for Industrial Trucks (3650) (Forklift Safety)	Wherever an industrial truck is owned, operated, or maintained. Poster includes operating rule 3650 for industrial trucks (required employee notification).	8 CCR 3664 8 CCR 3650	N/A
Required Workplace Posting for All California Barbering and Cosmetology Licensees	California businesses licensed by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
No Human Trafficking	Businesses in these industries: Beverage sales, adult/sexually oriented businesses, airports, rail & bus stations, truck stops, emergency rooms & urgent care centers, roadside rest areas, hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast inns, farm labor contractors, and job recruitment centers.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Access to Medical and Exposure Records	Employers using hazardous or toxic substances.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Choke Saving	Recommended for food service establishments.	N/A	N/A
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #1: Manufacturing Industry	Employers in the manufacturing industry, including businesses that prepare, produce, make, alter, repair, finish, process, inspect, handle, assemble, or package commodities.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #2: Personal Services Industry	Employers in the personal services industry. This includes an industry or business rendering services used in the care, cleansing, or beautification of the body or in the enhancement of personal appearance or health. Includes beauty salons, barber shops, health clubs, and mortuaries.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #3: Canning, Freezing, Preserving Industry	Employers in the canning, freezing, and preserving industry, including businesses operated for the purpose of canning soups or cooking, canning, curing, freezing, bottling, preserving, or otherwise processing fruits, vegetables, seafood, meat, poultry, or rabbit products.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #4: Professional, Technical Clerical, Mechanical and Similar Occupations	Employers of workers in professional, technical, clerical, mechanical, and similar occupations. This includes managerial, supervisorial, laboratory, and research occupations. Occupations include accountants, bookkeepers, cashiers, clerks, copy writers, computer programmers, editors, models, nurses, photographers, salespersons, teachers, and social workers.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #5: Public Housekeeping Industry	Employers in the public housekeeping industry, including businesses that provide meals, housing, or maintenance services such as restaurants, night clubs, bars, hotels, motels, apartment houses, camps, childcare institutions, nursing homes, private schools, and establishments providing veterinary services.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #6: Laundry, Linen Supply, Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Industry	Employers in the laundry, linen supply, dry cleaning and dyeing industry, including businesses offering services such as washing, cleaning, storing, fumigating, or waterproofing articles such as clothing, drapery, linens, household furnishings, or textiles. Includes self-service laundry and dry-cleaning establishments.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #7: Mercantile Industry	Employers in the mercantile industry, including businesses that purchase, sell, or distribute goods at wholesale or retail, or businesses that rent goods or commodities.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #8: Industries Handling Products After Harvest	Employers in industries handling products after harvest, including businesses that grade, sort, clean, dry, cool, pack, shell, separate, slaughter, pick, pluck, shuck, pasteurize, ferment, or otherwise prepare any agricultural, horticultural, meat, poultry, seafood, rabbit, or dairy products for distribution.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #9: Transportation Industry	Employers in the transportation industry, including businesses that operate for the purpose of conveying persons or property from one place to another by rail, highway, air, or water. This industry also includes storing or warehousing goods or property, and the repairing, parking, rental, maintenance, or cleaning of vehicles.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #10: Amusement and Recreation Industry	Employers in the amusement and recreation industry. This includes businesses that furnish entertainment or recreation to the public such as theaters, bowling alleys, skating rinks, riding academies, racetracks, amusement parks, swimming pools, gymnasiums, golf courses, tennis courts, carnivals, and wired music studios.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #11: Broadcasting Industry	Employers in the broadcasting industry, including businesses operated for the purpose of broadcasting or taping programs through the medium of radio or television.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #12: Motion Picture Industry	Employers in the motion picture industry, including businesses operated for the purpose of motion picture or television film production, including motion pictures for entertainment, commercial, religious, or educational purposes, whether made by film, tape, or otherwise.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #13: Industries Preparing Agricultural Products for Market, on the Farm	Employers in industries preparing agricultural products for market, on the farm, including any operation performed in a permanent structure on the farm or a moving packing plant for the purpose of preparing agricultural, horticultural, egg, poultry, meat, seafood, rabbit, or dairy products for market when the operation is done on the premises owned or operated by the same employer who produced the products.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #14: Employers of Workers in Agricultural Occupations	Employers of workers in agricultural occupations, including workers engaged in the preparation, care and treatment of farmland, pipeline, or ditches, and workers sowing, planting, caring for, harvesting assembling, or storing any agricultural or horticultural commodity. This also includes workers who raise, feed, and manage livestock or harvest fish.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #15: Household Occupations	Employers of workers in household occupations, including all services related to the care of persons or maintenance of a private household or its premises. These occupations include butlers, chauffeurs, companions, cooks, gardeners, grooms, house cleaners, housekeepers, maids, practical nurses, tutors, and valets.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #16: Employers of workers in Certain On-Site Occupations in the Construction, Drilling, Logging and Mining Industries	Employers of certain workers in on-site occupations in the construction, drilling, logging, and mining industries. This includes workers in jobs associated with construction such as building, demolition, excavation, remodeling, and repair work, as well also jobs associated with the exploration or extraction of oil, gas, or water resources. It also includes logging occupations such as the cutting or removal of timber and wood forest products for commercial purposes, and mining occupations such as work in mines, quarries, or open pits used for the purpose of extracting minerals, ores, stone, and rock.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]
Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order #17: Miscellaneous Employees	Employers of miscellaneous employees not covered by other industry or occupation wage orders.	Cal. Labor Code 1183(d)	Not less than $100. [Cal. Labor Code 1199(c)]

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