Is labor law posting required for a home-based business?
<p>Federal and State governments require businesses to post <a href="http://www.dol.gov/oasam/boc/osdbu/sbrefa/poster/matrix.htm" rel="nofollow">labor law notices</a> where employees can see them. Failing to do so can result in fines.</p>

<p>I run a small business - a single-member LLC - from my home. Do I really have to post labor law signage in my home for the only employee (myself)?</p>

<p>If more background is needed, this I do IT consulting and web design. I have some sub-contractors, but they also work from their homes. I understand in their cases, I can send them the posters in digital form. But what about for myself?</p>

<p>The spirit of the law would imply digesting the info and appropriately retaining the documents for your reference.  The letter of the law would imply posting.  Labor law postings are a great example of a "rule" (rather than a more forgiving "standard"): it works well in general but has odd consequences in certain situations.  This is one of those situations.</p>

<p>I couldn't find an instance where the courts dealt with the manner of posting for a home-based, single-member LLC.  We'd surmise this is because regulators probably aren't interested in committing scarce resources to enforcement of fringe cases where a single-owner has complied with the spirit of a law whose text doesn't address the situation particularly well.</p>

<p>J.J. Keller's <a href="https://www.jjkeller.com/shop/content____bi-laborlaw-faq___" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a> suggests that for home-based employees, you can attempt to show a "good faith" effort by either sending posters (maybe you print and file them) or making them available for reference electronically.</p>

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