The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of the Second District’s decision in Haight v. Cheap Escape Co., 2014-Ohio-2447. This case held that by adopting the language of Article II, Section 34a of the Ohio Constitution, Ohio voters intended to abolish the minimum wage exemptions contained in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for purposes of the Ohio minimum wage. Under the Haight decision, Ohio employers must pay the minimum wage to outside sales people and others who are exempt from the federal minimum wage laws.
See the docket and filings in Ohio Supreme Court Case No. 2014-1241.
See our prior post: Appellate Ruling: Outside Salespeople are Employees under Constitution’s Minimum Wage Provision
