[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR825.300]

[Page 780]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 825_THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_How do Employees Learn of Their FMLA Rights and Obligations, 
            and What Can an Employer Require of an Employee?
 
Sec. 825.300  What posting requirements does the Act place on employers?


    (a) Every employer covered by the FMLA is required to post and keep 
posted on its premises, in conspicuous places where employees are 
employed, whether or not it has any ``eligible'' employees, a notice 
explaining the Act's provisions and providing information concerning the 
procedures for filing complaints of violations of the Act with the Wage 
and Hour Division. The notice must be posted prominently where it can be 
readily seen by employees and applicants for employment. Employers may 
duplicate the text of the notice contained in Appendix C of this part, 
or copies of the required notice may be obtained from local offices of 
the Wage and Hour Division. The poster and the text must be large enough 
to be easily read and contain fully legible text.
    (b) An employer that willfully violates the posting requirement may 
be assessed a civil money penalty by the Wage and Hour Division not to 
exceed $100 for each separate offense. Furthermore, an employer that 
fails to post the required notice cannot take any adverse action against 
an employee, including denying FMLA leave, for failing to furnish the 
employer with advance notice of a need to take FMLA leave.
    (c) Where an employer's workforce is comprised of a significant 
portion of workers who are not literate in English, the employer shall 
be responsible for providing the notice in a language in which the 
employees are literate.