Required Workplace Posters From L&I
Employers are legally required to display 3 free posters in their workplace to inform employees of their rights and responsibilities. Please note that you do not need to order new posters every year. Simply compare the valid date(s) listed below with the date indicated at the bottom of your poster — just right of the publication number.
The "Notice to Employees" poster differs based on whether your employer is part of the State Fund or self-insured. Self-insured means the employer provides their own workers' compensation coverage to their employees. See if an employer is currently self-insured.
Download the free posters below or order online. Each poster is in English and Spanish —other alternative-language versions are available as well.
| Required Poster | Valid Date |
|---|---|
| State fund: Notice to Employees — If a Job Injury Occurs (F242-191-909) Self-insured: Notice to Employees — If a Job Injury Occurs (F207-037-909) |
12/2012 |
| Job Safety and Health Law (F416-081-909) | 7/2022 |
| Your Rights as a Worker (F700-074-000) | 9/2023 |
Common Questions About Required Workplace Posters
L&I’s Job Safety and Health Law poster (F416-081-909) takes place of the federal OSHA Workplace Poster. For all others, employers must post both state and federal posters. You can reference Workplace Posters: Required and Recommended (F101-054-000) to learn more about these documents.
The key consideration is where the employees report for work. If your employees report to a central office, posting in the office is fine. If they report to a job shack, post them there. You may want to do both as the posters are free. You are not required to post them in a truck.
No. As an employer, you are required to make the posters available to your employees where they can see and read them. (See below for posting requirements.) Employers may provide electronic links to the poster information in addition to posting the actual posters in the workplace. For example, if your business has an internal web page, you could include a link to the workplace posters as an additional resource.
No. As the employer, you are required to make the posters available to your employees where they can see and read them. To comply with this requirement for employees working from their home or vehicle, you may:
Send each employee a set of posters. You can order them at no cost by visiting Lni.wa.gov/Posters. You may want to document that you sent the posters to your employees.
AND/OR
Send each employee an email with a link to Lni.wa.gov/Posters. Instruct your employees to read the posters and print them for their records. They do not have to post them in their home or vehicle.
Yes. If you have a business location in Washington State and one or more employees works from that location, the law requires you to post the posters there, in a place where the employees can see and read them.
There is no requirement to post the Spanish portion of the posters. However, if you have Spanish-speaking employees — even if they speak English — we encourage you to post both the English and Spanish information.
No. Minimum wage information is on the L&I website at www.Lni.wa.gov/workers-rights/wages/minimum-wage. There is a required federal minimum wage poster. Although Washington employers are required to display the federal poster, they are required to pay the higher Washington minimum wage.
No. You should provide your employee in Washington State with copies of the posters.
No. However, if you received posters from L&I and you do not have employees, you may want to call 360-902-4817 to make certain your business information with us is correct. Our records may indicate that you do have employees.
No. Our posters are available here - for free. Some companies offer merged combinations of state and federal required posters. Their advertisements sometimes leverage an official look and imply penalties for not buying their posters. We do not solicit the purchase of our free posters.
Post them where they can easily be seen and read by employees and keep them in good condition. Areas where you might consider posting the posters include the employee break room, employee bulletin board, or the area where time cards are kept. The inside of a closet door or an area where employees have limited access would not be good choices.
Compare the valid date of the posters listed above with the date indicated at the bottom of your poster — just right of the publication number.
After we update a required poster, we give new copies to all State Fund and self-insured businesses. We will either mail physical copies or send them as electronic files to print as needed.
Some posters are larger than 8.5 x 11 inches. If your printer does not support the larger format, there are options to order paper copies of posters after clicking the links above.