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Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 168/Tuesday, August 30, 2011/Rules and Regulations 54047 employees concerning personnel rules or policies are customarily posted. Where 20 percent or more of an employer’s workforce is not proficient in English and speaks a language other than English, the employer must post the notice in the language employees speak. If an employer’s workforce includes two or more groups constituting at least 20 percent of the workforce who speak different languages, the employer must either physically post the notice in each of those languages or, at the employer’s option, post the notice in the language spoken by the largest group of employees and provide each employee in each of the other language groups a copy of the notice in the appropriate language. If an employer requests from the Board a notice in a language in which it is not available, the requesting employer will not be liable for non- compliance with the rule until the notice becomes available in that language. An employer must take reasonable steps to ensure that the notice is not altered, defaced, covered by any other material, or otherwise rendered unreadable. (e) Obtaining a poster with the employee notice. A poster with the required employee notice, including a poster with the employee notice translated into languages other than English, will be printed by the Board, and may be obtained from the Board’s office, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20570, or from any of the Board’s regional, subregional, or resident offices. Addresses and telephone numbers of those offices may be found on the Board’s Web site at http://www.nirb.gov. A copy of the poster in English and in languages other than English may also be downloaded from the Board’s Web site at http:// www.nirb.gov. Employers also may reproduce and use copies of the Board’s official poster, provided that the copies duplicate the official poster in size, content, format, and size and style of type. In addition, employers may use commercial services to provide the employee notice poster consolidated onto one poster with other Federally mandated labor and employment notices, so long as the consolidation does not alter the size, content, format, or size and style of type of the poster provided by the Board. (f) Electronic posting of emplovee notice. (1) In addition to posting the required notice physically, an employer must also post the required notice on an intranet or internet site if the employer customarily communicates with its employees about personnel rules or policies by such means. An employer that customarily posts notices to employees about personnel rules or policies on an intranet or internet site will satisfy the electronic posting requirement by displaying prominently—i.e., no less prominently than other notices to employees—on such a site either an exact copy of the poster, downloaded from the Board’s Web site, or a link to the Board’s Web site that contains the poster. The link to the Board’s Web site must read, “Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act.” (2) Where 20 percent or more of an employer’s workforce is not proficient in English and speaks a language other than English, the employer must provide notice as required in paragraph (f)(1) of this section in the language the employees speak. If an employer's workforce includes two or more groups constituting at least 20 percent of the workforce who speak different languages, the employer must provide the notice in each such language. The Board will provide translations of the link to the Board’s Web site for any employer that must or wishes to display the link on its Web site. If an employer requests from the Board a notice in a language in which it is not available, the requesting employer will not be liable for non-compliance with the rule until the notice becomes available in that language. § 104.203 Are Federal contractors covered under this part? Yes, Federal contractors are covered. However, contractors may comply with the provisions of this part by posting the notices to employees required under the Department of Labor’s notice-posting rule, 29 CFR part 471. § 104.204 What entities are not subject to this part? (a) The following entities are excluded from the definition of “employer” under the National Labor Relations Act and are not subject to the requirements of this part: TABLE TO § 104.204 (1) The United States or any wholly owned Government corporation; (2) Any Federal Reserve Bank; (3) Any State or political subdivision thereof; (4) Any person subject to the Railway Labor Act; (5) Any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer); or (6) Anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization. (b) In addition, employers employing exclusively workers who are excluded from the definition of ‘‘employee”’ under § 104.201 are not covered by the requirements of this part. (c) This part does not apply to entities over which the Board has been found not to have jurisdiction, or over which the Board has chosen through regulation or adjudication not to assert jurisdiction. (d)(1) This part does not apply to entities whose impact on interstate commerce, although more than de minimis, is so slight that they do not meet the Board’s discretionary jurisdiction standards. The most commonly applicable standards are: (i) The retail standard, which applies to employers in retail businesses, including home construction. The Board will take jurisdiction over any such employer that has a gross annual volume of business of $500,000 or more. (ii) The nonretail standard, which applies to most other employers. It is based either on the amount of goods sold or services provided by the employer out of state (called ‘“‘outflow’’) or goods or services purchased by the employer from out of state (called “Snflow’’). The Board will take jurisdiction over any employer with an annual inflow or outflow of at least $50,000. Outflow can be either direct— to out-of-state purchasers—or indirect— to purchasers that meet other jurisdictional standards. Inflow can also be direct—purchased directly from out of state—or indirect—purchased from sellers within the state that purchased them from out-of-state sellers. (2) There are other standards for miscellaneous categories of employers. These standards are based on the employer’s gross annual volume of business unless stated otherwise. These standards are listed in the Table to this section. Employer category Jurisdictional standard Amusement industry Apartment houses, condominiums, cooperatives Architects $500,000. $500,000. Nonretail standard. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022318