Alert

Jan 23, 2025

Employer Obligations Under Ohio’s New Pay Stub Protection Act

Ohio’s recently enacted Pay Stub Protection Act (“PSPA”), Ohio Revised Code Section 4113.14 will become effective on April 9, 2025.  To comply with the PSPA, employers must provide employees with a written or electronic statement or access to a statement of the employee’s earnings and deductions for each pay period on the employer’s regular paydays.
 
The statement shall include all of the following information: (1) The employee’s name; (2) The employee’s address; (3) The employer’s name; (4) The total gross wages earned during the pay period; (5) The total net wages paid for the pay period; (6) A listing of the amount and purpose of each addition or deduction from wages paid to the employee during the pay period; (7) The date and pay period; and (8) For an employee paid hourly: (a) The total number of hours the employee worked in that pay period; (b) The hourly wage rate at which the employee was paid; (c) The employee's hours worked in excess of forty hours in one workweek.

The PSPA requires an employee who does not receive a statement as required to make a written request to the employer to receive the statement and the employer shall provide the employee with the statement not later than ten days after receiving the request. If the employee does not receive the requested statement within the ten-day period, the employee may report the violation to Ohio’s director of commerce. If the director determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe there was a violation, the director shall issue a written notice to the employer. On receipt, the employer shall immediately post the notice, or a copy of the notice, in a conspicuous place on the employer’s premises for 10 days.

For any additional questions or guidance regarding this new law, please contact any of the listed attorneys.