Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 4115.07 (2026)

Full payment of wages - records

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All contractors and subcontractors required by sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code, and the action of any public authority to pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages shall make full payment of such wages in legal tender, without any deduction for food, sleeping accommodations, transportation, use of small tools, or any other thing of any kind or description. This section does not apply where the employer and employee enter into an agreement in writing at the beginning of any term of employment covering deductions for food, sleeping accommodations, or other similar item, provided such agreement is submitted by the employer to the public authority fixing the rate of wages and is approved by such public authority as fair and reasonable.

All contractors or subcontractors falling within or affected by sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code, shall keep full and accurate payroll records with respect to wages paid each employee and the number of hours worked by each employee, covering all disbursements of wages to their employees to whom they are required to pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages. Such payroll records shall be open to inspection by any authorized representative of the contracting public authority, including the prevailing wage coordinator or the director of commerce at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary, and such records shall not be destroyed or removed from the state for the period of one year following the completion of the public improvement in connection with which the records are made. There shall be posted in a prominent and accessible place on the site of the work, or on the internet in a manner that is accessible to the contractor's or subcontractor's employees, a legible statement of the schedule of wage rates specified in the contract to the various classifications of laborers, workers, and mechanics employed, said statement to remain posted during the life of each contract.

Each contractor or subcontractor shall file with the contracting public authority upon completion of the public improvement and prior to final payment therefor an affidavit stating that the contractor or subcontractor has fully complied with sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1988–2014 · leading case: Ohio Valley Associated Bldrs. & Contrs. v. Rapier Elec., Inc., 2014 Ohio 1477 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
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Ohio Valley Associated Bldrs. & Contrs. v. Rapier Elec., Inc., 2014 Ohio 1477 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “For instance, OVABC alleges Rapier violated R.C. 4115.07 by failing to retain full and accurate payroll records for a period of one year following the completion of the various construction projects, as well as certifying the payroll reports without actually reading them in…”
Sheet Metal Workers' Int'l Ass'n, Local Union No. 33 v. Gene's Refrigeration, Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., 2009 Ohio 2747 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 2× “” R.C. 4115.07. Therefore, the isolated reference in R.”
Ohio Asphalt Paving, Inc. v. Ohio Dep't of Indus. Relations, 589 N.E.2d 35 (Ohio 1992). · cites it 3× “132 permit the Director of ODIR to inspect any payroll record relevant to an investigation of an alleged violation of the prevailing wage law, we note the following relevant language of R.C. 4115.07: “All contractors or subcontractors falling within or affected by sections 4115.”
State Ex Rel. Jones v. Hamilton Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 705 N.E.2d 1247 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “16 of the Revised Code, or suffer, permit, or require any employee to work for less than the rate of wages so fixed, or violate the provisions of section 4115.07 of the Revised Code.” R.C.”
J.A. Croson Co. v. J.A. Guy, Inc., 81 Ohio St. 3d 346 (Ohio 1998). “Code 4101:9-4-07(B)(6) makes it a violation of R.C. 4115.07 to deduct union fines or special assessments from employee wages.”
Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Vaughn Indus., Inc., 156 Ohio App. 3d 644 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “06; (4) to conform with R.C. 4115.07 by posting, in a prominent and accessible place on the work site, a legible statement of the schedule of wage rates specified in the contract for various classifications of laborers, workers, and mechanics; (5) to prepare certified payroll…”
Harris v. Stutzman, 536 N.E.2d 1154 (Ohio 1989). “16 to keep full and accurate payroll records and provides that “* * * [s]uch payroll records shall be open to inspection by * * * the department * * * at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary * * *.”
United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Indus., Local Union No. 776 v. Jack's Heating, Air Conditioning, & Plumbing, 2011 Ohio 167 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 7× “4101:9-3-13 by failing to provide its employees with written notice of the identity of the prevailing wage coordinator; (4) R.C. 4115.07 and O.A.C. 4101:9-4-13(A)(3) by failing to post a schedule of the prevailing wage rates at the job site; (5) R.”
Int'l Union of Operating Engineers v. Dan Wannemacher Masonry Co., 521 N.E.2d 809 (Ohio 1988). · cites it 2× “16 of the Revised Code, or suffer, permit, or require any employee to work for less than the rate *76 of wages so fixed, or violate the provisions of section 4115.07 of the Revised Code. Any employee upon any public improvement who is paid less than the fixed rate of wages…”
Sheet Metal Workers' Internatl. Assn., Local Union No. 33 v. Fitzenrider, Inc., 2012 Ohio 4655 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “05 by failing to identify the prevailing wage coordinator for the project on the individual written notices provided to employees; (3) violated R.C. 4115.07 because it did not re-post the schedule of wages at the job site, (4) violated R.”
United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am., Local Union No. 1581 v. Fitzenrider, 2012 Ohio 4653 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “In pertinent part, R.C. 4115.07(C) reads, * * * The contractor or subcontractor shall also deliver to the prevailing wage coordinator a certified copy of the contractor's or subcontractor's payroll, within two weeks after the initial pay date, and supplemental reports for each…”
J.A. Croson Co. v. J.A. Guy, Inc., 1998 Ohio 621 (Ohio 1998). “Guy from its employees’ wages pursuant to its collective bargaining agreement with Local 189 is prohibited as a special assessment under the regulation.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 4115.07(C) — 3 cases
United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am., Local Union No. 1581 v. Fitzenrider, 2012 Ohio 4653 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “In pertinent part, R.C. 4115.07(C) reads, * * * The contractor or subcontractor shall also deliver to the prevailing wage coordinator a certified copy of the contractor's or subcontractor's payroll, within two weeks after the initial pay date, and supplemental reports for each…”
United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Indus., Local Union No. 776 v. Jack's Heating, Air Conditioning, & Plumbing, 2011 Ohio 167 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). “4101:9-3-13 by failing to provide its employees with written notice of the identity of the prevailing wage coordinator; (4) R.C. 4115.07 and O.A.C. 4101:9-4-13(A)(3) by failing to post a schedule of the prevailing wage rates at the job site; (5) R.”
Sheet Metal Workers' Internatl. Assn., Local Union No. 33 v. Fitzenrider, Inc., 2012 Ohio 4655 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “05 by failing to identify the prevailing wage coordinator for the project on the individual written notices provided to employees; (3) violated R.C. 4115.07 because it did not re-post the schedule of wages at the job site, (4) violated R.”
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