OH SB47

Employers are not required to pay overtime for time employees spend traveling to and from worksites, or performing preliminary and postliminary activities that take insubstantial time beyond scheduled hours.

Exemptions from the overtime exclusion apply if employees perform these activities during regular work days, during prescribed hours, or at the specific direction of the employer.

Exemptions also apply if employees perform these activities pursuant to express contract provisions or established customs or practices at the workplace that are consistent with existing contracts.

Prohibits employees from joining as party plaintiffs in civil overtime violation actions brought on behalf of multiple employees unless they first provide written consent that is filed with the court.

Incorporates sections 2 and 4 of the Portal to Portal Act of 1947 into Ohio's overtime pay requirements, effective upon the bill's effective date.