Are hourly employees entitled to compensation when they are required to be "on call" but do not end up working the shift?

It depends on if you have a contract that states you should. If not, then you may be entitled to on call time if your own call time sufficiently limits what you can do with your time while you are on call. If you are required to remain on the employer’s property or nearby and it limits how you would spend your free time then you are probably entitled to pay for your on call time. However, if you are free to spend your time however you want until you are called in then you probably are not entitled to pay for the on call time.    Ohio employment attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com