The Pay Stub
ORC 4113.14 — a statement every payday, ten days after a written request, and a notice on the wall
Until the spring of 2025 nothing in Ohio law required an employer to hand over a pay stub. The wage chapter now does, and it says what the statement carries, what happens when it does not arrive, and where the complaint goes. It is one of the newest sections on this site, in force since the ninth of April 2025.
Who handles this in Ohio: Ohio Department of Commerce, Wage and Hour Bureau; and legal aid programs, lawyer referral and the state offices, listed in the Ohio directory.
A written or electronic statement, every regular payday. Every employer provides each employee with a written or electronic statement of the employee's earnings and deductions for each pay period, on the employer's regular paydays.
- The employee's name and address, and the employer's name.
- The total gross wages earned in the pay period, and the total net wages paid for it.
- The amount and purpose of each addition to or deduction from the wages.
- The date the employee was paid, and the pay period that payment covers.
- For an employee paid by the hour, the total hours worked in the period, the hourly rate, and the hours worked beyond forty in a workweek.
Ten days after a written request. An employee who does not receive the statement, or access to it, makes a written request to the employer for one. The employer has ten days after receiving the request to provide it.
Then the director of commerce, and a notice on the wall. Where the statement does not arrive within ten days of the request, the employee may report the violation to the director of commerce. The director may issue a written notice of the violation to the employer, and the employer posts that notice for ten days where employees will see it.
The section creates no right to sue. The report to the director and the posted notice are the remedy it provides, which is why the request in writing is the step the section turns on: nothing after it happens without it.
| The step | The section's terms |
|---|---|
| The stepEvery payday | The section's termsA written or electronic statement of earnings and deductions |
| The stepNo statement arrives | The section's termsThe employee makes a written request |
| The stepAfter the request | The section's termsThe employer has ten days to provide it |
| The stepStill nothing | The section's termsA report to the director of commerce, who may issue a written notice |
| The stepOn the notice | The section's termsThe employer posts it for ten days |
Whether a particular deduction was lawful, what an employer owes on the wage itself, which the wage page on this site carries, and the federal record keeping rules that sit alongside this section are not on this page. What a particular statement was missing, and whether the ten days ran, are questions the director's office answers on a report and a licensed Ohio attorney answers on a claim.
Sources for this section (1)
- ORC 4113.14 — Pay statements, the written request, and the report to the director of commerce
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Ohio attorney.