CLEVELAND — With the turn of the new year, new laws will now be in effect in Ohio.
On January 1st Ohio's minimum wage increased from $10.10 an hour to $10.45 for non tipped employees and $5.25 for tipped employees, up 20 cents.
"I'm happy that it went up but its not enough, we need more, the people need more to be able to live and survive out here," said David Oldfield from Elyria.
The increase is thanks to a Constitutional Amendment passed by Ohio voters in November 2006 that states Ohio's minimum wage will go up on the first of each year based on the inflation rate.
The new wage only applies to businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $372,000 a year, for those that make less and for 14 and 15-year-old employees the federal minimum wage of $7.25 remains.
But some, like Oldfield said even with the bump up that isn't a livable wage.
"Especially nowadays everything's going up, the price of groceries are going up, living is going up, utilities are going up and they're not going up 35 cents," Oldfield said.
Also new this year is The Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act which requires social media companies to obtain parents consent for anyone trying to open an account under the age of 16.
"I think it is the parents responsibility to guard their kids hearts and minds so that they can grow up to be great responsible citizens and not see things before their minds can comprehend," said Anna Como from Concord.
Como applauds the new law and said its a serious topic of conversation with her kids, nieces and nephews.
"Its the normal for these parents to just give their kids social media right off the bat because they beg for it and oh my friends have it so its definitely hard its a constant battle," Como said.
It will take effect on January 15th and will also require social media companies to provide parents with a list of features for censoring or content moderation.
If a company fails to provide notification or a parent wants to shut down their child's account parents can contact the website which will then have 30 days to terminate the child's access. If that doesn't happen parents are urged to file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
“This law aims to give parents more control over their children creating new social media accounts,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. “So just like any other time, if you feel like you’ve been wronged by a company, we take those complaints and work to resolve any issues – this is no different.”