Ohio Minimum Wage Increase Jan 1, 2012-New Labor Law Posters Required

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Effective January 1, 2012, Ohio’s minimum wage rate will increase to $7.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.85 per hour for tipped employees, plus tips.

Ohio’s current minimum wage is $7.40 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.70 for tipped employees, plus tips.

On January 1, 2012, the minimum wage increase will apply to employers that gross more than $283,000 per year. Currently, Ohio’s minimum wage applies to employers that gross over $271,000 per year.

Ohio’s minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the 12-month period prior to September. This CPI index rose 4.3 percent from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011. The wage rate is rounded to the nearest 5 cents.

For employees whose employers gross $283,000 or less per year after January 1, 2012 (currently $271,000 or less per year) and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the state minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. For these employees, the state wage is tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

The Ohio Department of Commerce has issued the new 2012 Minimum Wage labor law posters that employers are required to conspicuously post in the workplace. Employers can comply with the mandatory posting requirement by displaying the 2012 Ohio All-On-One™ Labor Law Poster or using the Ohio 2012 Minimum Wage Peel ‘N Post™ for Ohio All-On-One™ Labor Law Posters dated 1/2011.

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  1. How would an employee know what their EMPLOYERS gross per year? This information is crucial to know if an employee is being paid correctly and fairly!!


    1. Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, we do not have access to this information. You might consider asking your employer or human resources representative at work. Or, you can contact the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance & Labor for more information. The telephone number can be found on your poster.


  2. This is the problem! Ohio’s economy is below the average. The unemployment rate is above the average. Raising the minimum wage is a “Tax” on businesses and a transfer of funds to low income people usually first time workers and teenagers. It is unattractive for businesses to want to invest in Ohio. Business owners try to keep margins so they will not hire and expect more output from there employees creating hire unemployment and removes future jobs. Businesses also will raise prices to compensate for this additional “tax” which raises the CPI so it is and endless cycle. This is why Ohio has constantly raised the minimum wage over the past years. Watch…the unemployment rate will increase, investment from businesses will decrease and the problem will worsen. I am an economist who also happens to run a multimillion dollar franchise with locations in both Ohio and PA and have studied this intensively. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR POLICY MAKERS AND TELL THEM THEY ARE DESTROYING THE STATE. I was going to open 4 more locations this year in Ohio and created over 100 new jobs. I will now be shifting all the locations to PA and the jobs as well. Get educated and get informed.

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