Ohio Questions and Answers

What happens if the tipped employee doesn't earn the other half of minimum?
I'm a tipped employee that was recently discharged after four years, two as manager then demoted when the bosses daughter came on board. She fired me while her dad was on vacation for events that took...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 11, 2009 8:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Reduction in compensation after non-compete signed
I signed a non-compete in Ohio in 2006. I am a Sales Rep for a company and about half of my weekly income comes from commissions. Recently the company added a new quota on the amount of weekly sales t...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 11, 2009 07:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Would this be workplace retaliation? Is this protected by the Ohio Whistleblower Law?
I am not sure if I have a case or not, but here is a brief description of events leading up to my unemployment. Myself and former coworkers had many concerns about our boss. I followed facility protoc...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 8, 2009 07:45 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can an employer just withold any amount of wages?
I am over 18 and I work for a well established landscaping company. The company operates in a legal fashion and is very well known. A few weeks ago I was working for the company at a residential accou...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 7, 2009 5:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

should we be paid for all hours operating a dump truck?
our pay does not start until we get to jobsite,which could be anywhere from one half to two and a half hours per day plus the drive home,they do however pay us 1 hour of drive time per day,we drive co...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 5, 2009 3:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can I be terminated without proof of the accusation and a chance to defend myself?
In May of 2009 I was terminated from my position at a Charter School as Principal because of an alleged "inappropriate comment" that I had made towards a staff member. I was not offered the opportunit...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 25, 2009 3:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Want to know the limits of companies I can accept offers with given a non-compete clause.
I was never given a copy, but got one from a laid off employee. The non-compete says for 18 months I can't become an employee of any business in competition with or similar to my company (software dev...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 22, 2009 11:29 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Employer is appealing the initial determination that I was discharged without just cause, What now?
I was laid off from a job that I had worked 8+ years on 2/28. Since I had been warned of the layoff I was able to secure a new job that began in March. The description I was given of the job duties ch...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 21, 2009 08:29 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Are school bus drivers elgible for overtime compensation under Ohio law?
I work at a school as a contract bus driver. Must point out, wer are not a unionized operation. Our base route is approximately 15 hours per week. We have senior drivers who take an additional contrac...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 21, 2009 03:02 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Does termination void a non-competition?
I was recently terminated without any reasonable cause and was wanting to know if my non-competition agreement is still valid.
2 answers  |  asked Aug 11, 2009 3:34 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio