The Ohio House passed legislation that would exempt employers from paying overtime to workers for commuting and checking messages off-hours.
The bill now heads back to the Ohio Senate for a vote on whether to concur with amendments made in the Ohio House.requires employers to pay 1½ times the employee’s regular hourly wage for hours worked in excess of 40 in a seven-day workweek. The state’s law is similar to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Republican bill sponsors, Sens. Andrew Brenner of Delaware County and Bob Peterson of Fayette County, testified in a House committee the tasks would include workers “checking their schedule, listening to voicemails, or reading emails.” “This clarification is necessary due to the increase in the number of hourly workers who are working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic and, which has made more employees eligible for overtime,” they said. “As a result of these changes in how employees are compensated and perform their job duties, increased litigation for unpaid overtime is likely to occur since the U.S. Department of Labor rule was projected to affect 1.3 million workers in the U.S.
In the House, lawmakers added an amendment that needs to be reviewed in the Senate before the bill can go to Gov. Mike DeWine.
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