How to File a Wage Claim in Ohio

The Ohio routing, stated first

The single most useful fact about Ohio wage claims is the address. Workers who search for the "Ohio Department of Labor" find nothing to file with, because no such department exists. The Ohio Attorney General's labor-relations FAQs answer the routing question directly: complaints about minimum wage, overtime, and prevailing wage go to the Department of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance and Labor, Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration, at 6606 Tussing Road, P.O. Box 4009, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009, phone 614-644-2239, fax 614-728-8639.

The claim, step by step

1. Decide the route. State route: the Commerce Bureau above, for minimum-wage, overtime, and prevailing-wage complaints. Federal route: the Wage and Hour Division, for FLSA minimum-wage and overtime claims. The routes are not the same office, and the federal route is available in Ohio as in every state.
2. Assemble the record. The employer's legal name and address, the dates and hours worked, the pay rate and schedule, the amount claimed by pay period, and copies of pay stubs, time records, and written communications about pay. The Bureau's complaint form is the filing document for the state route.
3. Contact the Bureau. Phone 614-644-2239 or fax 614-728-8639, or mail to the Reynoldsburg address. Confirm the current form and filing instructions with the Bureau before filing, because the form and its requirements are stated on the Bureau's pages, not in this guide.
4. Mind the federal clock. The FLSA limit is two years, three if willful. A state complaint does not automatically pause the federal clock, and a federal filing does not automatically pause any state clock — check the interaction before choosing a sequence.

What this guide does not state

No state filing deadline, no complaint-form name beyond the Bureau's form, no notarization requirement, and no investigation timeline is stated here, because the Attorney General FAQ page opened for this guide states the routing and contacts only. Secondary sources describe a minimum-wage complaint form, a notarization step, and a no-cost investigation. None of those is carried, because none was verified on a Commerce Department page in this run. The Bureau's own pages are the next read for this guide, and the open flag below records that.

For other states, see the Wage Claim Filing by State directory. For the federal complaint process, see How to File a Department of Labor Complaint Against an Employer.

Source

Sources: Ohio Attorney General, Labor Relations FAQs (routing of minimum-wage, overtime, and prevailing-wage complaints to the Commerce Department Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration, Reynoldsburg address, phone 614-644-2239, fax 614-728-8639), read 2026-11-01. Facts verified 2026-11-01. Open flags: the Bureau's complaint form, any state filing deadline, any notarization requirement, and any investigation timeline are unverified in this run and are not carried; the Bureau's Commerce Department pages are the required next read before this guide's next pass.

This page explains how the process works and what the official rules say. It is general information, not legal advice. For a dispute about your specific situation, talk to your state labor agency or a lawyer.