Required workplace notices — NYC Paid Safe & Sick Leave notice, Workers' Bill of Rights poster, NYS posters: New York City restaurant guide

NYC DCWP / NYS DOL

What it is

A set of mandatory notices you must hand to each employee and post in the workplace: the NYC Notice of Employee Rights (Protected Time Off / Paid Safe and Sick Leave), the multilingual 'Know Your Rights at Work' Workers' Bill of Rights poster, and the NYS Department of Labor posters (minimum wage, tip appropriation LS 204, wage deductions LS 605, workers' comp and disability compliance notices, unemployment insurance, Human Rights Law, sexual-harassment policy, Wage Theft Prevention Act pay notices).

When a restaurant needs it

Any employer with one or more employees in NYC, from the first hire.

How to apply

Download the notices from DCWP and NYS DOL (free), give each employee the Paid Safe & Sick Leave notice and the Workers' Bill of Rights poster when they start, and post all notices where staff can easily see them in English and the languages your staff speak.

Documents you’ll need

• NYC Notice of Employee Rights: Protected Time Off (updated Feb 19, 2026)
• Know Your Rights at Work poster (Workers' Bill of Rights)
• NYS DOL posters (LS 207 minimum wage, LS 204, LS 605, IA 133, LS 740, LS 603)
• Workers' comp (white) and DBL (blue) Notices of Compliance from your carrier
• Fast Food Workers' Rights notice if covered by Fair Workweek

Good to know

Employers must give every employee the Paid Safe & Sick Leave notice at hire and post it; the Workers' Bill of Rights poster had to be given to all employees by July 1, 2024 and to new hires on their first day. NYC paid protected time off is up to 40 or 56 hours a year depending on employer size, plus 32 unpaid hours and 20 hours of paid prenatal leave.

Official source

DCWP — Workplace laws for employers · NYS DOL — Posting requirements

Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Guidance only, not legal advice.