Recordkeeping for Employee Compensation Purposes: Ohio
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Allen S. Kinzer, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Summary
- Ohio law requires that employers must keep records for each employee for a set period of time consisting of specific information. See Basic Recordkeeping Requirements.
- Employers of minors must keep certain additional records. See Recordkeeping Requirements for Child Labor.
- On request, employers must provide employees without charge records containing their name, address, occupation, pay rate, hours worked for each day worked, and each amount paid. See Employee Right of Review Requirements.
- Ohio law also requires that employees be provided with certain information related to the employer's contact information. See Employee Notification Requirements.