“Business owners in Kentucky need to know that they can get these posters at no cost by going to
our website,” said Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Larry Roberts. “They don’t have to buy
them from third party sources. These required posters are available on our website so that anyone can download them for free.”
Employers
failing to post required posters may be subject to citations and
penalties, but letters sent
to Kentucky businesses have threatened civil and criminal penalties up
to $17,000 if they do not display certain posters being sold. Some
employers may be misled into believing that these notices are official
government warnings. While certain posters are
required by law to be posted in the workplace, the Kentucky Labor
Cabinet, as well as other Kentucky agencies and the U.S. Department of
Labor, provides these posters free of charge.
“My
office investigates and takes action to halt misleading and deceptive
advertising practices,” said Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway. “I
want to ensure
that employers don’t fall victim to false and misguided information. If
business owners receive a notice from a private company requesting
payment for these posters, I encourage them to contact my Office of
Consumer Protection at 1-888-432-9257.”
The
Labor Cabinet provides required posters for child labor laws, wage
discrimination because of sex, wage and hour laws, and safety and health
on the job
guidelines. The Labor Cabinet also provides these posters in Spanish.
In
addition to the Labor Cabinet posters, there are also two other
mandatory posters for employers within the Commonwealth. The
Kentucky equal employment opportunity poster is provided courtesy of
the Commission of Human Rights, and the unemployment insurance benefits
poster is provided by the Office of Employment and Training. Links to
those posters are also available on the Labor
Cabinet’s website,
www.labor.ky.gov.
There may be Federal posters certain companies are required to post. Please check the U.S. Dept. of Labor website
here for those posters that may apply.
