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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster. All covered employers are required to display and keep displayed a poster prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.
Employers can use the following forms to provide the notices required under the FMLA. General Notice, the FMLA poster – satisfies the requirement that every covered employer display or post an informative general notice about the FMLA.
All covered employers must display a general notice about the FMLA, the FMLA poster. If a covered employer has any eligible employees, the employer must also provide each employee individually with a general notice containing the same information about the FMLA as contained in the FMLA poster.
Posters. If your establishment is covered, you must post an FMLA poster that all employees and applicants can see. Download the Department of Labor’s FMLA poster to print or post electronically. Notice in employee handbooks. If any employees are eligible for the FMLA, you must include an overview of the FMLA in an employee handbook or as a handout.
Once an employer becomes aware that an employee’s need for leave is for a reason that may qualify under the FMLA, the employer must notify the employee if he or she is eligible for FMLA leave and, if eligible, must also provide a notice of rights and responsibilities under the FMLA.
Covered employers must post this general notice even if no employees are eligible for FMLA leave. The poster and its text must be large enough to be easily read and contain fully legible text. Electronic posting is permitted as long as it otherwise meets all the posting requirements.
What is FMLA leave? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that provides eligible employees with job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) enforces the FMLA for most employees. Eligible employees can take up to 12 workweeks of FMLA leave
