When your final paycheck is due in Ohio
Ohio has no separate final-pay rule. The regular pay schedule applies: wages for the first half of a month are due by the 1st of the next month, and for the second half by the 15th.
- Fired or laid off
- No separate final-pay rule; the regular schedule applies (first half of the month paid by the 1st of the next month, second half by the 15th)
- If you quit
- Same as fired or laid off
- If the employer pays late
- If wages are unpaid 30 days past the payday and not disputed, liquidated damages of 6% of the unpaid amount or $200, whichever is greater.
The law
Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.15. Read the statute or the state agency’s page.
Checked against the statute in October 2026. Laws change, so confirm the current rule before you rely on it.
What to do next
If the deadline has passed, ask for the wages in writing first and keep a copy. The free first letter in the Wage Claim Letters kit does this. If that doesn’t work, small claims court is the usual next step. The final paycheck lookup compares states side by side.
Other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
General information about Ohio law, not legal advice, and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Wage Claim Letters is a self-help template kit from Kits For That.