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H.B. 106 Bill Analysis
135th General Assembly
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Version: As Reported by the Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity Committee
Primary Sponsors: Reps. Jarrells and Lipps
Effective Date:
Kelly Bomba, Attorney
SUMMARY
▪ Requires an employer, on the employer’s regular paydays, to provide each of the
employer’s employees with a statement or access to a statement of the employee’s
earnings and deductions for the pay period.
▪ Requires an employer who does not provide the statement or access to the statement
at the time required under the bill to provide the statement not later than ten days after
receiving an employee’s request for the statement.
▪ Permits an employee who does not receive the requested statement within ten days of
requesting it to report the violation to the Director of Commerce, who must notify the
employer in writing of the violation.
▪ Requires, if an employer receives a notice from the Director, the employer to post the
notice or a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the employer’s premises for ten
days.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
Statement of earnings and deductions
The bill enacts the “Pay Stub Protection Act.”1 Under the bill, an employer must provide
each of the employer’s 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. An employer must include all of the following information in the statement:
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This analysis was prepared before the report of the Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity
Committee appeared in the Senate Journal. Note that the legislative history may be incomplete.
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1. The employee’s name and address;
2. The employer’s name;
3. The total gross wages earned by the employee during the pay period;
4. The total net wages paid to the employee for the pay period;
5. A listing of the amount and purpose of each addition to or deduction from the wages
paid to the employee during the pay period;
6. The date the employee was paid and the pay period covered by that payment;
7. For an employee who is paid on an hourly basis, all of the following information:
a. The total number of hours the employee worked in the pay period;
b. The hourly rate at which the employee was paid;
c. The number of hours the employee worked in excess of 40 in one workweek.2
Request for statement and notice of violation
An employee who does not receive the statement or access to the statement at the
time required under the bill must make a written request to the employee’s employer to
receive the statement. The employer must provide the employee with the statement not later
than ten days after receiving the request. If an employee does not receive the requested
statement within the ten-day period, the employee may submit a report of the violation to the
Director of Commerce. If, on receiving the report, the Director determines that there are
reasonable grounds to believe that an employer violated the bill, the Director must issue a
written notice to the employer. On receiving the notice, the employer must immediately post
the notice or a copy in a conspicuous place on the employer’s premises. The employer must
keep the notice posted for ten days.3
HISTORY
Action Date
Introduced 03-14-23
Reported, H. Commerce & Labor 05-24-23
Passed House (96-0) 06-30-23
Reported, S. Small Business and Economic Opportunity ---
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R.C. 4113.14(B).
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R.C. 4113.14(C).
P a g e |2 H.B. 106
As Reported by Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity