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Cuyahoga County Council Considering Legislation to Stop Doing Business With Companies That Commit Wage Theft

Cuyahoga County Council last week introduced legislation to stop the county from working with companies that commit wage theft.

Sponsored by members Patrick Kelly, Dale Miller, Martin Sweeney, Chery Stephens, Scott Tuma, Meredith Turner and Sunny Simon, the ordinance would prohibit the county from entering into contracts with companies with histories of wage theft within the last seven years, and debar contractors committing wage theft for three to five years, depending on the offense.

A similar ordinance passed in the Cleveland City Council in December 2022, and cities like Columbus and Cincinnati have passed wage theft legislation in recent years.