Ohio has enacted legislation, House Bill 246, which requires all covered employers working on commercial projects to use the federal E-Verify system (E-Verify) to confirm the legal work status of every new hire. House Bill 246 is effective March 19, 2026.

Ohio has enacted legislation (House Bill 96), which requires employers to provide notice of certain plant closings and mass layoffs. House Bill 96 takes effect Sept.  29, 2025.

The state of Ohio has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 33), which provides employers with the option to post certain state labor law notices online. Senate Bill 33 is effective immediately.

Cleveland, Ohio, has passed an ordinance (Ordinance 104-2025) that bans an employer from inquiring about an applicant's salary history and requires employers to include salary ranges and scales when advertising job openings. Ordinance 104-2025 takes effect on Oct. 27, 2025.

On Jan. 8, 2025, the Governor of Ohio signed into law HB 106 which requires that every employer provide each of its 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.

Current Ohio law does not require that employers provide a pay statement to its employees.

The City of Columbus, Ohio, has enacted an ordinance to prohibit certain employers from inquiring about an applicant’s pay history. The ordinance takes effect on March 1, 2024.

Ohio has enacted Senate Bill 47, which exempts from the state’s overtime requirements time spent engaged in traveling to and from a worksite or performing specific tasks.

Ohio's minimum wage will increase to $9.30 per hour on January 1, 2022. The change is a result of an annual adjustment for inflation.

Ohio's minimum wage will increase to $8.80 per hour on January 1, 2021. The change is a result of an annual adjustment for inflation.