Labor Law Requirements

State Requirements

• Minimum Wage (Required)
• Fair Employment (Required)
• Child Labor Laws (Required)
• Unemployment Insurance (Recommended)
• Workers’ Compensation* (Required)
• Self-Insured (Workers’ Compensation)** (Required)

*Official versions of this poster are available only from the agency or its authorized agent
**Employers that are Self-insured must call the Better Workers’ Compensation at 1-800-644-6292 to obtain a poster.

Federal Requirements

• Family and Medical Leave (Required)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Required)
• USERRA (Required)
• OSHA (Required)
• Federal Minimum Wage (Required)
• Polygraph Protection Test (Required)
• NLRA (Required)

Recent Changes

Minimum Wage - January 2012

The Minimum Wage increase is from $7.40 per hour to $7.70 per hour, effective January 1, 2012.
This poster will be available for shipping the week of November 14.

Child Labor Law - Unemployment - February 2011

• Child Labor Law - Non-Substantive formatting revisions.
• Unemployment - Non-Substantive formatting revisions and removal of the Employer Identification Notice section. The employer needs to provide the Employer Identification Notice as a form to the employee upon termination of employment.

Minimum Wage - January 2011

The Ohio minimum wage will increase to $7.40 per hour for non-tipped employees and to $3.70 per hour for tipped employees, as of January 1, 2011.
This was a Substantive change

Child Labor Law - Minimum Wage - May 2010

• Child Labor Law - Non-Substantive changes include formatting changes, the website address changed to www.com.ohio.gov, and the address changed to 6606 Tussing Rd., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068.
• Minimum Wage - Non-Substantive changes include removal of a logo, other formatting changes, and the addition of "Post in a conspicuous place" footer that includes contact information for the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Labor & Workers Safety.

Unemployment Insurance Notice - March 2009

Logo and revision date update.

Minimum Wage - January 2009

For employers who gross over $267,000.00, the minimum wage will increase from $7.00 per hour to $7.30 per hour for non-tipped employees. The minimum wage for tipped employees will increase from $3.50 per hour to $3.65 per hour.

Employees of businesses who gross under $267,000.00 or employees under the age of 16 shall be paid no less than the federal minimum wage which is $6.55 per hour and will increase on July 24, 2009 to $7.25 per hour.
This was a Substantive change