Beginning April 9, 2025, Ohio employers will be legally required to give employees access to their paystubs. Citing transparency, accountability, and fairness in the workplace, the Ohio General Assembly unanimously passed the the Paystub Protection Act (PPA), which requires Ohio employers to issue paystubs, either electronically or via hard copy, to all employees on regular paydays that include the:
- Names of the employee and employer;
- Employee’s address;
- Employee’s total gross wages during the pay period;
- Employee’s total net wages during the pay period;
- Amount and purpose of each addition or deduction to wages; and
- Dates of the pay period.
For hourly employees, the following three additional items are required:
- Total hours worked;
- Hourly rate; and
- Hours worked in excess of 40 hours in one workweek.
On January 18, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, resolving a dispute among the appellate courts and concluding that Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) claims may not be stricken as unmanageable.
While some have read the decision as a resounding victory for the plaintiffs’ bar that will force every PAGA case to settle for large amounts, the decision does no such thing.
It may challenge employers and their lawyers to be more creative, but it does not mean that every PAGA action now warrants an outsized ...
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