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Is Your FLSA Minimum Wage Poster the Current Edition?
Check your breakroom poster's footer code against the current WH1088 REV 04/23 edition and see exactly what the poster must show.
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What matters now
- The current FLSA poster's footer code is WH1088 REV 04/23, from DOL's April 2023 revision.
- DOL says earlier editions, including the August 2016 version, no longer fulfill the posting requirement.
- Employers must post the notice where employees can conspicuously and readily read it.
- The poster prints the $7.25 minimum wage, overtime, tipped-wage, youth-age, and PUMP Act rules.
- This article covers the poster's edition and content only, not employer coverage or penalties.
Look at the small print in the bottom corner of the federal minimum wage poster on your breakroom wall: if it does not read “WH1088 REV 04/23,” it is an outdated edition and no longer satisfies the federal posting requirement (“WH1088 REV 04/23,” https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf). The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) revised this poster in April 2023, and DOL has stated that earlier versions — including the August 2016 edition — “no longer fulfill the posting requirement and should be replaced” (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/flsa).
This original record-reading guide is a general reading aid, not cited evidence. It does not depict a source record; the article text and source links provide the facts.
Key points
- Posting this notice is a legal requirement, not optional signage: “Every employer of employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage provisions must post, and keep posted, a notice explaining the Act in a conspicuous place in all of their establishments so as to permit employees to readily read it.” (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/flsa)
- The current edition is dated April 2023, and DOL has explicitly retired older versions, including the one dated August 2016: “Poster last revised: April 2023 (previous versions, including the August 2016 version, no longer fulfill the posting requirement and should be replaced).” (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/flsa)
- You can identify the current, compliant edition by its footer code, “WH1088 REV 04/23” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
- The poster itself prints the federal minimum wage, overtime formula, tipped cash wage, a child-labor age floor, and a nursing-mother break-space requirement — each worth matching against what is actually on your wall.
Posting requirement
DOL’s own poster page leaves no ambiguity about the underlying obligation: “Every employer of employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage provisions must post, and keep posted, a notice explaining the Act in a conspicuous place in all of their establishments so as to permit employees to readily read it” (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/flsa). The notice has to be somewhere employees can “readily read it” — that is the standard the poster itself is measured against, independent of which edition is hanging.
Checking the edition
DOL has been direct about which editions count: “Poster last revised: April 2023 (previous versions, including the August 2016 version, no longer fulfill the posting requirement and should be replaced)” (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/flsa). That means the April 2023 edition is the only one DOL currently recognizes as meeting the posting requirement.
The fastest way to confirm which edition is on your wall is the footer code printed on the poster itself: “WH1088 REV 04/23” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf). If your poster’s footer shows a different code or an earlier date, it is one of the versions DOL says should be replaced.
Current poster content
The April 2023 poster states the federal minimum wage as “$7.25 PER HOUR,” effective “BEGINNING JULY 24, 2009” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
On overtime, it prints: “At least 1½ times the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
On tipped employees, it prints: “Employers must pay tipped employees a cash wage of at least $2.13 per hour if they claim a tip credit against their minimum wage obligation” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
On youth employment, it prints: “An employee must be at least 16 years old to work in most non-farm jobs and at least 18 to work in non-farm jobs declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
On nursing-mother accommodations under the PUMP Act, it prints: “Employers must provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by the employee to express breast milk” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
The poster also notes: “Some state laws provide greater employee protections; employers must comply with both” (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf).
Record limits
This article only tells you how to check the edition and content of the federal FLSA minimum wage poster itself. It does not address whether your specific employer is legally subject to this posting requirement — that depends on facts about the business this record does not cover. It does not describe what penalties, if any, apply when an employer fails to post the notice. And while the poster itself notes that some state laws provide greater protections, this article does not cover what any state’s own separate posting requirements are; a federal poster’s presence does not substitute for those.
Source links
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/flsa https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagep.pdf