Source: Visit websiteDec. 13—Ohio State University recently rescinded pay raises for 306 employees after a federal court decision in November overturned a new federal rule making more people eligible for overtime pay.
Two Dayton region experts that advise businesses say they don't know of any local employers who raised wages to avoid the overtime pay requirement and then rescinded the pay increases after the court ruling.
⁘I am pleased to say I have not heard of anyone acting in advance of this ruling and then having to 'back-pedal.' Our recommendation was to plan for it but not take any action until the date of the change in the event that it was repealed,⁘ said Patti Dunham, Cincinnati-based director of business strategy and quality at Clark Schaefer Strategic HR.
⁘Such an action would most likely lead to a negative response and impact on employee morale that just didn't seem worth it to most — especially with the consideration that some variation of the changes may come down the line after all of the appeals, as it did in 2020,⁘ she said.
The impacted Ohio State employees, who are non-union workers in various jobs at the university including in the Wexner Medical Center and Department of Athletics, were notified they were getting a raise before the rule was struck down, said Ben Johnson, spokesman for Ohio State University.
Johnson said the employees will receive the increased salary for November and December and then revert to their previous salary in January. Had the pay increases remained in place they would have cost the university $2,047,000 annually, Johnson said.
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