Maryland — Free Required & Optional Labor Law Posters
The Maryland Department Of Labor, Licensing and Regulation provides a number of mandatory and optional labor law posters for all Maryland businesses with employees to prominently post in the workplace. These posters are meant to educate employees on a variety of labor law topics topics such as the minimum wage, occupational health & safety, and other important labor laws. Minimum-Wage.org provides all of Maryland's mandatory and optional labor law posters on this page, to download or print free of charge.
All eight required state labor law posters can be printed out at your convenience on the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation website, http://www.dllr.state.md.us/oeope/poster.shtml.
Required Maryland Labor Law Posters
8 PDFS
The Maryland Department Of Labor, Licensing and Regulation requires that these eight mandatory labor law posters be diaplayed by all employers in an easily-viewed area in the workplace. Most businesses in Maryland will also need to print and post the Federal Department of Labor's mandatory labor posters in addition to these state posters.
In Maryland, the following posters must be displayed in all workplaces: Employment Discrimination is Unlawful, Discrimination is Unlawful, OSHA, Workers' Compensation, Wage and Hour Fact Sheet, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Employment of Minors, Unemployment Insurance, and Health Insurance.
| Poster Class | Poster Name | Poster Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment Law | DLLR/OUI 328 to Employees | Information concerning Maryland unemployment insurance laws. |
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Sick Leave Law
Bilingual |
Maryland Earned Sick and Paid Leave Notice | |
| Minimum Wage Law | Maryland Minimum Wage and Overtime Law | Information concerning Maryland minimum wage. |
| Health Insurance Law | DLLR PUB/OUI 6116 | Information concerning Maryland Health Insurance coverage law. |
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General Labor Law Poster
Bilingual |
Workers' Compensation | |
| Equal Opportunity Law | Employment Discrimination is Unlawful (Poster-Color) | Information concerning Maryland equal employment opportunity laws. |
| Equal Opportunity Law | Equal Pay For Equal Work Fact Sheet | Information concerning equal pay laws in Maryland. |
| Equal Opportunity Law | Pregnant & Working (Poster-Color) | Information concerning pregnant workers in Maryland. |
| Poster Class | Poster Name | Poster Description |
|---|---|---|
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Equal Opportunity Law
Spanish-Language |
Employment Discrimination is Unlawful (Spanish Poster-Color) | Information concerning Maryland equal employment opportunity laws. |
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Optional Maryland Labor Law Posters
17 PDFS
Maryland provides an additional seventeen labor law posters that are either optional to post, or mandatory only for certain types of employer. Check this list carefully to see if any of these labor posters are relevant to your business.
| Poster Class | Poster Name | Who Must Post | Poster Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Safety Law | Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act (Private Sector) | Employers in the Private Sector | The poster includes information on safety and health in the workplace. |
| Job Safety Law | Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act (Public Sector) | Employers in the Public Sector | Information regarding safety and health in the public sectors of the workplace. |
| General Labor Law Poster | Notice to Tipped Employees | Employers of tipped employees | Notice about tipped employees and laws that applied to qualified tipped employees. |
| General Labor Law Poster | Maryland No Smoking Poster | employers under the Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act | Maryland No Smoking Poster for Employers under the Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act. |
| Food Service | Maryland Food Allergy Poster | Optional | Provides food allergy guidelines for Maryland food establishments. |
| Food Service | Cold Holding & Hot Holding - Food Safety Poster | Optional | Provide basic guidelines to employees about how to properly cold and hot hold food. |
| Food Service | Thawing Method Guidelines | Optional | Provides basic food thawing guidelines for food establishments. |
| Food Service | Hot Food Cooling Guidelines | Optional | Provide guidelines for food establishment employees as to how to properly cool hot food. |
| Food Service | Proper Reheating Procedures for Food Establishments | Optional | Provides proper food reheating procedures for food establishment employees. |
| Food Service | No Bare Hand Contact Poster | Optional | Provides awareness to employees that there is no bare hand contact allowed with ready-to-eat foods. |
| Food Service | Ill Foodworkers Symptoms Poster | Optional | Provides guidance to employees about foodborne illnesses and what to do if encountered with them in a food establishment. |
| Food Service | Sanitizing Procedures for Food Establishments | Optional | Guidelines on Santizing Procedures. |
| Food Service | Identifying Common Foodborne Illnesses | Optional | Lists all of the common foodborne illnesses, and identifying characteristics of each virus. |
| Food Service | Wear Gloves the Right Way | Optional | 4-Step Process for Food Employees on how to practice proper glove protection. |
| Food Service | Manual Dishwashing & How to Properly Use 3 Compartment Sinks | Optional | Visual graphic on how to properly use a 3 compartment sink. |
| Food Service | Choking Poster for Food Establishments | Optional | Instructions for choking first aid. |
| Child Labor Law | Employment of Minors | Employers of Minors | Maryland poster contains information about child labor laws and how to apply for a work permit. |
| Poster Class | Poster Name | Who Must Post | Poster Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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General Labor Law Poster
Spanish-Language |
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act (Private Sector) (Spanish) | All Employers | The Spanish version of the poster includes information on safety and health in the workplace. |
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Food Service
Spanish-Language |
Maryland Food Allergy Poster (Alergias Alimenticias​) (Spanish) | Optional | Provides food allergy guidelines for Maryland food establishments with Spanish-speaking employees. |
Once you have printed all needed Maryland labor law posters, be sure to visit the free federal labor law posters page to ensure that you also acquire all mandatory Federal posters in order to comply with Department of Labor's mandatory posting laws.
Disclaimer: While Minimum-Wage.org does our best to keep this list of Maryland labor law postings up to date and complete, we cannot be held liable for errors or omissions. Is a Maryland labor poster on this page missing or out-of-date? Please let us know here so we can fix it!
Maryland Labor Law Poster Sources:
- Maryland Department Of Labor, Licensing and Regulation , updated May 2020
- Maryland Labor Law Posters List at http://www.dllr.state.md.us/oeope/poster.shtml