POSTER AND AGENCY REFERRAL INFORMATION

The N.C. Department of Labor requires employers to post the N.C. Department of Labor Notice to Employees poster with English on one side and Spanish on the reverse side. The labor law poster is two pages and includes occupational safety and health laws, state wage and hour laws, and information on workers' compensation and unemployment insurance. The law requires posting in English. A temporary version of the poster may be downloaded from the NCDOL Labor Law Posters Web Page. Please order your free official-size posters by calling us at either (919) 807-2796 (Raleigh) or toll-free (NC only) 1-800-NC-LABOR (1-800-625-2267). Our call-center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

In addition to the N.C. Department of Labor Notice to Employees poster, businesses in North Carolina are required by other state and federal agencies to post notices to employees about workplace laws, including unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, and equal employment opportunities. A complete list of the notice posters that may be required is found on the NCDOL Labor Law Posters Web Page, and these notice posters may be obtained from the individual agencies that administer the respective laws. In addition, as a public service for the employers and employees of North Carolina, you may download each of these posters individually or in a group on our NCDOL Labor Law Posters Web page.

You may also view a copy of the labor laws administered by the N.C. Department of Labor at http://www.nclabor.com/laborlaws.pdf.

For information on other agencies, click on the appropriate links below. You may also go to the department's Web page and click on the link for our Public Agency Referral List. This information should help you contact other agencies to order their posters or for general information:

For federal labor laws pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and polygraph protection law; contact the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division at http://www.dol.gov.
For information on pensions, retirement, 401K Plans, health/medical insurance (including COBRA) and profit sharing; contact the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (formerly Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration) at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa.
For information on all types of insurance, contact the N.C. Department of Insurance Consumer Division at http://www.ncdoi.com.
For information on the protected categories of age, race, sex, religion, national origin, color, disability [including the Americans with Disability Act (ADA)] and pregnancy, contact the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at http://www.eeoc.gov.
For federal tax information, contact the IRS at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov.
For N.C. tax information, contact the N.C. Department of Revenue at http://www.dor.state.nc.us.
For information on social security benefits including disability benefits, contact the Social Security Administration at http://www.ssa.gov.
For information on workers' compensation, contact the N.C. Industrial Commission at http://www.comp.state.nc.us.
For information on unemployment benefits and rates, employment opportunities, and the working of alien workers in the state contact the N.C. Employment Security Commission (ESC) at http://www.ncesc.com.
For information on what business licenses are required in North Carolina, contact the N.C. Secretary of State Business License Information Office at http://www.secstate.state.nc.us.
For information on consumer protection, contact the N.C. Department of Justice (Attorney General's Office) Consumer Protection Division at http://www.jus.state.nc.us/cpframe.htm.

N.C. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Bureau
1101 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1101
(919) 807-2796 or (toll-free NC only) 1-800-NC-LABOR
Web site: http://www.nclabor.com

1101 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1101 • (919) 807-2796 or 800-NCLABOR