Legal Question in Employment Law in Ohio

Re: Pay cut on paycheck without being informed

An employer is not required to obtain anything in writing to modify the amount of compensation paid (for future work). However, it is required to pay you for work performed at the rate to which you and the employer agreed. Thus, if the employer retroactively reduced your wage rate, you have a claim for the difference between what you were paid and what you should have been paid prior to being notified of the pay cut.

Under Ohio Revised Code section 4113.15, if the additional wages you earned (again, for work performed before being notified of the pay cut) remain unpaid for 30 days beyond the regular pay day, in addition to recovering the upaid wages, you would also be entitled to recover an additional amount of 6% of the unpaid wages or $200, whichever is greater.

You do not indicate how much money is at issue, but if it is $3000 or less, you can file suit in small claims court in the city in which the employer is located (no attorney needed).

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