This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. addresses the passage of Ohio Senate Bill 331, which prohibits political subdivisions of Ohio from legislating or regulating certain areas of employment for private employers. This includes regulating fringe benefits for employees, whether an employer will provide advance notice of changes to an employee's work schedule, and the amount of notice an employee receives of work schedule assignments or changes to those assignments. The law, which becomes effective on March 20, 2017, is designed to eliminate the spread of local paid sick leave, predictive scheduling, and minimum wage ordinances that have created conflicting rules throughout the state.