This should serve as a reminder that all employers, including the owners of a small pizza shop, must comply with the wage and hour laws and the governmental will investigate wage and hour complaints.

Responding to an investigation will be significantly easier if an employer has accurate records readily available.

Ohio, pursuant to HB 690 and  Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4111, requires employers to maintain (with certain exceptions) at least the following information for each employee:

• Name, address and occupation
• Pay rate
• hours worked for each day worked
• amount paid for each day worked

In general, this should be kept for all employees for the duration of the employees employment and 3 year thereafter. Employers are also required to provide payroll information to an employee or a person acting on behalf of the employee upon request and free of charge.