Barring a successful court action or last minute congressional intervention, all employers subject to the NLRB jurisdictional standards must post the 11 x 17 notice form describing employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act by November 14, 2011. The new poster is now available.

The posting requirement applies to all private sector employers (including labor unions) subject to the National Labor Relations Act. It includes employers regardless of the number of employees, but excludes agriculture, railroad and airline employers. In addition to the physical posting, the final rule requires every covered employer to post the notice on an Internet or Intranet site if personnel rules and policies are customarily posted there.

An NLRB Fact Sheet on the rule is available on the NLRB’s website. If you are a federal contractor who by law has to post the similar NLRA poster required by the Department of Labor, posting the DOL poster will suffice as compliant with the new NLRB rule.