I got a letter in the mail which states I need to pay for a labor law poster and it must be displaced somewhere in the workplace where every employee can see it. I don’t have any employees. Do I still need to pay for this poster? I’m in CA btw.
In Indiana, as a Sole Proprietor (DBA or LLC), I’d just toss it in the trash. As a one man band, I’m exempt from a lot of things. I know once you hire employees, you need workman’s comp, and things get complicated thereon out.
You’ll need to lookup your state’s business requirements for your business type (DBA/LLC/S-Corp/etc…)
There is probably some regulation in CA (and other states) that requires you to have a notice available for employees. But more often then not it is just some company latching onto that requirement saying you need a big laminated poster that costs $100 when you could just print a 8x10 piece of paper and tape it to the wall.
Who sent you the letter?
It’s just a company trying to sell you one the state doesn’t send that. Just throw the letter in the trash and squeegee on
I got those all the time when I lived there
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But U.S. Department Of Labor offers FREE downloads. Scam perhaps?
California is always weird and with that in mind: if you don’t have employees, then the poster shouldn’t apply to you.
HOWEVER, if you do have employees, you’d better have that poster up or some wiener from the labor department can come by and check for posters and if you don’t have them prominently displayed, they’ll hit you with a VERY heavy fine because they can.
We get those letters and I think they want to sell these posters for over $100. Can’t remember. My wife prints ours and just sticks it up on the office wall.
