Bill to allow comp time moves to House

COLUMBUS

Legislation that would allow small businesses to offer their employees compensatory time off instead of overtime pay could be headed to a vote in the Ohio House — over the objections of Democratic opponents.

House Bill 61 moved out of committee Thursday on a party-line vote, meaning the chamber could take it up at any of its coming voting sessions.

The legislation would allow private businesses with annual gross sales of $175,000-$500,000 to allow employees to take time away from work for overtime hours they have worked.

That compensatory time would be offered on an hour-for-hour basis, meaning employees could take an hour off for every hour of overtime worked, rather than getting paid time and a half.

The comp time could be saved and used over a 12-month period. Employers would have to pay overtime for any comp time not used within that time frame.

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