2026

If employee onboarding or orientation is required and it benefits the employer, it is a paid activity for non-exempt employees under Ohio law. Employers are legally required to pay workers for the time they spend on these activities, unless onboarding is optional and purely for the employee’s benefit. When Is Onboarding or Orientation Considered...

In Ohio, timesheet or timecard fraud – also known as time theft – refers to the intentional falsification of work-hour records by employees or employers. It includes deliberately altering a timecard, misrepresenting hours worked, falsifying overtime and buddy punching. Timesheet fraud can result in consequences such as unpaid wages, misdemeanor or felony charges, and...