Ohio Questions and Answers

When factoring the difference when not making the min. wage as a tipped employee is this done daily?
For example: you work as a bartender and in the course of a shift you do not make, with tips, what amounts to to Ohio minimum wage and are being paid half the min. wage. Is the employer responsible fo...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 31, 2009 07:59 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

My rights to reinstatement after leave of absence
I was off work for six months recovering from having cancer and some surrounding muscle removed from my leg I was released by my Doctor to return to work but was told they didnt have anything for me a...
3 answers  |  asked Dec 30, 2009 06:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Do sales commissions figure into minimum wage?
I get paid a monthly salary of $1100 for 40 hrs per week. I receive commissions every month for new sales. Do the commissions count as part of the minimum wage obligation of my employer?
1 answer  |  asked Dec 29, 2009 12:53 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Unemployment Claim denied due to Remuneration
In June 2008 the delphi plant was closed and we were offered SAP packages to leave. We were told by union reps that if we accepted the package we would receive unemployment and training. As the people...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 22, 2009 11:34 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

What is the minimum salary to be paid to an employee?
I was working in the restaurant business for a new business and paid a weekly salary of $200. I was working between 70 and 110 hours per week and feel that I was underpaid. When taken to the owner of ...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 18, 2009 09:29 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Forced to work holidays when not my scheduled days
My wife works in the guard shack at a private lake community. She works first shift weekends, every weekend(she works Sat & Sun 16 hrs every week), on time never misses, she has always worked any holi...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 16, 2009 8:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

If I am terminated from a job in Ohio, can the employer refuse to pay me for unpaid leave balances?
If a person is terminated from a job in Ohio, and they have received their last paycheck, but the employer states they do no have to pay the remaining leave balances of personal, sick and vacation lea...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 16, 2009 10:44 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

PART TWO OF EMPLOYEER DEDUCTING FROM SECOND CHECK?
I UNDERSTAND THAT YES THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY DID. THERE ARE FIVE EMPLOYEES WHO ALL DO THE CLEANING AS A SECOND JOB. THERE IS ONLY ONE OF US WHO HAS A PAY PLAN FOR THE CLEANING. IT STATES HOUSEKEEPING/M...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 10, 2009 3:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Isn't my job protected when on disability?
I live in northeast Ohio. I used up my FMLA time during the summer, some of that time was approved short term disability. I returned to work for a month and my doctor has put me back on disability whi...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 4, 2009 9:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Is lying to employees in order to hire and then firing with no cause and no performance reviews ok?
To start, I had been lied to about the financial health and direction of my former employer when I inquired at my interview. I discovered this fact after I began and had access to the numbers. Nothing...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 4, 2009 04:38 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio