Ohio Minimum Wage to Increase Jan. 1

Ohio’s minimum wage will increase 15 cents an hour — to $8.70 an hour — on Jan. 1. That’s due to a 2006 Ohio constitutional amendment that requires yearly inflationary increases in the minimum wage, currently $8.55 an hour. The Ohio Department of Commerce announced the increase Monday. Employers with annual gross receipts of more than $319,000 a year must comply with the increase. Read more from OMA Connections Partner Bricker & Eckler. 9/30/2019