Ohio Questions and Answers

My legal rights using sick/FMLA time
I have been using sick time and FMLA from a large corporation for treatment of severe depression and anxiety for the last 2 months. My doctor has filled out ample forms requested and recently was aske...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 19, 2007 10:33 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Retaliation over airline safety concerns
I was hired into the initial flight attendant class for a new start-up airline in February 2007 with considerable prior experience. By the time the airline's certification process with the FAA was com...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 9, 2007 10:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Unjust Discharge
My unemploment determination stated: After a review of the facts, this agency finds that the claimant was discharged without just cause under section 4141.29(D)(2)(a), ohio revised code. What does thi...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 9, 2007 3:38 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Sign or be fired
I work as a night auditor at a hotel. My employer wants me to sign a paper giving them permission to deduct from my wages any amount applicable for errors that might occur when handling customer payme...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 26, 2007 01:11 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Overtime pay, retaliation
For 22 years, I've worked at the local, family owned newspaper, and until last Friday, was the paper's Special Sections Coordinator/Real estate editor. For the first 20 years, I was salaried, working ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 17, 2007 1:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Ohio revised code 4109
i am 17. I worked at a pizza shop as a driver. At the beginning of august i will of been there two years. A few short months after i was hired as a kitchen worker they had me start delivering. In this...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 15, 2007 11:37 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Employee's Final Pay
I have been unable to get an answer from the State of Ohio on the following two issues� Is an employer permitted to make a deduction from an employee�s final paycheck for company property that has...
1 answer  |  asked May 16, 2007 2:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Worried about signing Seperation Agreement
5/10/07 I was told I was "Permanently Laid-Off" and was presented with a "Separation Agreement & General Release" document. Item #1 states "Employee will resign their employment effective May 10, 2007...
1 answer  |  asked May 13, 2007 9:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

IS THERE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON UNPAID OVERTIME
WHAT IS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON UNPAID OVERTIME? My employer asked me to start skipping my lunchbreak to help get caught up on deliveries until company hired more drivers. I worked 30min/day ove...
1 answer  |  asked May 9, 2007 4:59 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

employer illegal activity caused termination
along with not paying my agreed upon salary, it has been determined that the employer never withheld any income taxes for any employees during the same period of time that i was employed. When I confr...
1 answer  |  asked May 7, 2007 10:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio