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Ohio Rev Code § 4109.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4109 | Employment of Minors|Section 4109.10 | Written Agreements as to Wages.

Effective: January 12, 1979|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 883 - 112th General Assembly|(A) No employer shall give employment to a minor, without agreeing with him as to the wages or compensation he shall receive for each day, week, month, or year; or per piece, for work performed. The employer shall furnish the minor with written evidence of the agreement and, on or before each payday, with a statement of the earnings due and the amount to be paid to him. No employer shall reduce the wages or compensation of any minor without giving him notice at least twenty-four hours previous to the reduction, at which time a written agreement shall be entered into with the minor as in the case of original employment.(B) No employer shall retain or withhold from a minor in his employ the wages or compensation, or any part thereof, agreed to be paid and due the minor for work performed or services rendered because of presumed negligence or failure to comply with rules, breakage of machinery, or alleged incompetence to produce work or perform labor according to any standard of merit.(C) No employer shall receive a guarantee, bonus, money deposit, or other form of security to obtain or secure employment for a minor or to ensure faithful performance of labor, guarantee strict observance of rules, or make good losses which may be charged to the minor's incompetence, negligence, or inability.
Ohio Rev Code § 4109.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4109 | Employment of Minors|Section 4109.11 | Records.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|Every employer shall keep a time book or other written records which shall state the name, address, and occupation of each minor employed, the number of hours worked by such minor on each day of the week, the hours of beginning and ending work, the hours of beginning and ending meal periods, and the amount of wages paid each pay period to each minor. The director of commerce or the director's authorized representative shall have access to and the right to copy from the time book or records. Records shall be kept for a period of two years. No employer shall fail to keep such time book or records, or knowingly make false statements therein, or refuse to make the time book and records accessible, upon request, to the director or the director's authorized representative.
Ohio Rev Code § 4109.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4109 | Employment of Minors|Section 4109.12 | Violations.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) No person shall continue to employ any minor in violation of any law relating to the employment of minors after being notified of the violation in writing by the director of commerce or other enforcement official.Failure of the director or other enforcement official to give such notice does not excuse or negate a conviction for any offense except a violation of this division.(B) No employer shall employ, and no person having under the person's control as parent, guardian, or custodian, any minor, shall permit or suffer a minor to be employed in violation of any law relating to the employment of minors for which a penalty is not otherwise provided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4109.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4109 | Employment of Minors|Section 4109.13 | Designation of Enforcement Officials.

Effective: September 4, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 181 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The administrator of the bureau of employment services shall designate enforcement officials to enforce this chapter.(B) An enforcement official, upon discovery of a violation of this chapter and after notice to the employer, shall make a complaint against the offending employer in any court of competent jurisdiction.(C) Enforcement officials shall make complaint by filing a complaint before a court having competent jurisdiction against any person violating any law relating to the employment of minors. This section shall not be construed to limit the right of other persons to make those complaints.(D) County courts, municipal courts, and juvenile courts have jurisdiction to try offenses under this chapter. Juvenile courts have exclusive original jurisdiction to try offenses under section 3321.38 of the Revised Code.(E) No person or enforcement official instituting proceedings under this section shall be required to file or give security for the costs. If a defendant is acquitted, the judge before whom the case is brought shall certify the costs to the county auditor. The county auditor shall examine the amount and, if necessary, correct it. The county auditor shall issue a warrant on the county treasurer in favor of the persons to whom the costs are due.(F) Fines collected for violations of this chapter and section 3321.38 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the funds of the school district in which the offense was committed. Last updated January 24, 2022 at 3:04 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4109.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4109 | Employment of Minors|Section 4109.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 4109.04, division (C) of section 4109.07, division (A), (B), or (D) of section 4109.08, section 4109.11, or division (B) of section 4109.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 4109.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4109.03, division (A), (B), or (D) of section 4109.07, or section 4109.10 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense. (D) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4109.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for each day the violation continues. (E) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4109.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a first degree misdemeanor on each subsequent offense. If, however, the violation on a first offense contains aggravating circumstances, including, but not limited to, threats to a minor, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, or abandonment of or endangerment to a minor but not including circumstances that are the basis of a felony violation of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code, then the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted under this section and if the subsequent offense contains aggravating circumstances other than circumstances that are the basis of a felony violation of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code, then the person is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (F) Whoever violates division (F) of section 4109.22 of the Revised Code shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to one thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for each violation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.01 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards Definitions.

Effective: April 4, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 690 - 126th General Assembly|As used in this chapter:(A) "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value, subject to the deductions, charges, or allowances permitted by rules of the director of commerce under section 4111.05 of the Revised Code. "Wage" includes an employee's commissions of which the employee's employer keeps a record, but does not include gratuities, except as provided by rules issued under section 4111.05 of the Revised Code."Wage" also includes the reasonable cost to the employer of furnishing to an employee board, lodging, or other facilities, if the board, lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by the employer to the employer's employees. The cost of board, lodging, or other facilities shall not be included as part of wage to the extent excluded therefrom under the terms of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement applicable to the employee.(B) "Occupation" means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry, or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which individuals are employed.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.02 | Wage Rates.

Effective: March 21, 2017|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 331 - 131st General Assembly|Every employer, as defined in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, shall pay each of the employer's employees at a wage rate of not less than the wage rate specified in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. The director of commerce annually shall adjust the wage rate as specified in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. No political subdivision shall establish a minimum wage rate different from the wage rate required under this section.  As used in this section, "employee" has the same meaning as in section 4111.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.04 | Director of Commerce - Wage Investigations - Inspection of Employer Records.

Effective: April 4, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 690 - 126th General Assembly|The director of commerce may:(A) Investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation in the state;(B) Enter and inspect the place of business or employment of any employer for the purpose of inspecting any books, registers, payrolls, or other records of the employer that in any way relate to the question of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment of any employees, and may question the employees for the purpose of ascertaining whether sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted thereunder, have been and are being obeyed. In conducting an inspection of the records of an employer, the director shall make every effort to coordinate the inspection with those conducted by the federal agency responsible for enforcement of the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. 201, as amended. If the federal agency has completed an audit or examination of the employer's records within the sixty days prior to the date the director notifies the employer of the director's intent to examine the employer's records, the director shall accept in lieu of the director's own inspection, a report from the federal agency that the employer is in compliance with the federal act, unless the director has reasonable grounds for believing that the report is inaccurate or incomplete for the purposes of sections 4111.01 to 4111.13 of the Revised Code, or that events occurring since the audit give the director reasonable grounds for believing that a violation of sections 4111.01 to 4111.13 of the Revised Code has occurred.(C) In the event the director is prohibited by any employer from carrying out the intent of this section, the director may issue subpoenas and compel attendance of witnesses and production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records, and testimony relating and relevant to the director's investigation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.05 | Rules.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The director of commerce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code. The rules may be amended from time to time and may include, but are not limited to, rules defining and governing apprentices, their number, proportion, and length of service; bonuses and special pay for special or extra work; permitted deductions or charges to employees for board, lodging, apparel, or other facilities or services customarily furnished by employers to employees; inclusion of ascertainable gratuities in wages paid; allowances for unascertainable gratuities or for other special conditions or circumstances which may be usual in particular employer-employee relationships; and the method of computation or the period of time over which wages may be averaged to determine whether the minimum wage or overtime rate has been paid.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.06 | Administrative Rules Setting Wage Rates for Employees With Physical or Mental Impairments or Injuries.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|In order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, to avoid undue hardship, and to safeguard the minimum wage rates under sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce shall adopt rules under section 4111.05 of the Revised Code, permitting employment in any occupation at wages lower than the wage rates applicable under sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by physical or mental deficiencies or injuries. The rules shall provide for licenses to be issued authorizing employment at the wages of specific individuals or groups of employees, or by specific employers or groups of employers, pursuant to the rules. The rules shall not conflict with the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 328, 42 U.S.C.A. 12111, et seq.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.07 | Administrative Rules for Wages and Licenses of Apprentices.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The director of commerce may adopt rules under section 4111.05 of the Revised Code, permitting employment of apprentices at a wage rate not less than eighty-five per cent of the minimum wage rate applicable under sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for licenses to be issued for periods not to exceed ninety days and authorizing employment at the wages of specific individuals or groups of employees, or by specific employers or groups of employers, pursuant to the rules.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.08 | Employers to Keep Records.

Effective: January 1, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 690 - 126th General Assembly|Every employer subject to section 4111.03 of the Revised Code, or to any rule adopted thereunder, shall make and keep for a period of not less than three years a record of the name, address, and occupation of each of the employer's employees, the rate of pay and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each work week by the employee, and other information as the director of commerce prescribes by rule as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of section 4111.03 of the Revised Code, or of the rules thereunder. Records may be opened for inspection or copying by the director at any reasonable time.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.09 | Summaries and Copies Rules to Be Posted and Available to Employees.

Effective: April 4, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 690 - 126th General Assembly|Every employer subject to sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, or to any rules issued thereunder, shall keep a summary of the sections, approved by the director of commerce, and copies of any applicable rules issued thereunder, or a summary of the rules, posted in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the premises wherein any person subject thereto is employed. The director of commerce shall make the summary described in this section available on the web site of the department of commerce. The director shall update this summary as necessary, but not less than annually, in order to reflect changes in the minimum wage rate as required under Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. Employees and employers shall be furnished copies of the summaries and rules by the state, on request, without charge.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.10 | Liability and Actions for Payment of Less Than Minimum Wages.

Effective: April 4, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 690 - 126th General Assembly|(A) Any employer who pays any employee less than wages to which the employee is entitled under section 4111.03 of the Revised Code, is liable to the employee affected for the full amount of the overtime wage rate, less any amount actually paid to the employee by the employer, and for costs and reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court. Any agreement between the employee and the employer to work for less than the overtime wage rate is no defense to an action.(B) At the written request of any employee paid less than the wages to which the employee is entitled under section 4111.03 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce may take an assignment of a wage claim in trust for the assigning employee and may bring any legal action necessary to collect the claim. The employer shall pay the costs and reasonable attorney's fees allowed by the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.11 | Most Favorable Standards Toward Employees Continue in Effect.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 110th General Assembly|Any standards relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, or other working conditions in effect under any other law of this state on the effective date of sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, which are more favorable to employees than those applicable to employees under sections or regulations issued hereunder, are not amended, rescinded, or otherwise affected by said sections, but continue in full force and effect, and may be enforced as provided by law until they are specifically superseded by standards more favorable to the employees by operation of or in accordance with regulations issued under said sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.12 | Right of Employees to Collective Bargaining.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 110th General Assembly|Nothing in sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code interferes with, impedes, or in any way diminishes the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.13 | Employer Prohibitions.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) No employer shall hinder or delay the director of commerce in the performance of the director's duties in the enforcement of sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, or refuse to admit the director to any place of employment, or fail to make, keep, and preserve any records as required under those sections, or falsify any of those records, or refuse to make them accessible to the director upon demand, or refuse to furnish them or any other information required for the proper enforcement of those sections to the director upon demand, or fail to post a summary of those sections or a copy of any applicable rules as required by section 4111.09 of the Revised Code. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.(B) No employer shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to the employee's employer, or to the director, that the employee has not been paid wages in accordance with sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, or because the employee has made any complaint or is about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to those sections, or because the employee has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding.(C) No employer shall pay or agree to pay wages at a rate less than the rate applicable under sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code. Each week or portion thereof for which the employer pays any employee less than the rate applicable under those sections constitutes a separate offense as to each employer.(D) No employer shall otherwise violate sections 4111.01 to 4111.17 of the Revised Code, or any rule adopted thereunder. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 4111.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Standards|Section 4111.17 | Prohibiting Discrimination in Payment of Wages.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) No employer, including the state and political subdivisions thereof, shall discriminate in the payment of wages on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry by paying wages to any employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar conditions.(B) Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from paying wages to one employee at a rate different from that at which the employer pays another employee for the performance of equal work under similar conditions on jobs requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility, when the payment is made pursuant to any of the following:(1) A seniority system;(2) A merit system;(3) A system which measures earnings by the quantity or quality of production;(4) A wage rate differential determined by any factor other than race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry.(C) No employer shall reduce the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with this section.(D) The director of commerce shall carry out, administer, and enforce this section. Any employee discriminated against in violation of this section may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover two times the amount of the difference between the wages actually received and the wages received by a person performing equal work for the employer, from the date of the commencement of the violation, and for costs, including attorney fees. The director may take an assignment of any such wage claim in trust for such employee and sue in the employee's behalf. In any civil action under this section, two or more employees of the same employer may join as co-plaintiffs in one action. The director may sue in one action for claims assigned to the director by two or more employees of the same employer. No agreement to work for a discriminatory wage constitutes a defense for any civil or criminal action to enforce this section. No employer shall discriminate against any employee because such employee makes a complaint or institutes, or testifies in, any proceeding under this section.(E) Any action arising under this section shall be initiated within one year after the date of violation.