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A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.

USA115th CongressS-801| Senate 
| Updated: 4/3/2017
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (22)
Mitch McConnell (Republican)Tom Udall (Democratic)David Perdue (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Jeff Flake (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Michael B. Enzi (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Roy Blunt (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)John Kennedy (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Pat Roberts (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. This bill prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. An employer must provide monetary compensation for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year. This bill requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off. This bill prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to: (1) interfere with the employee's right to request or not to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of monetary overtime compensation, or (2) require an employee to use such compensatory time. This bill makes an employer who violates such requirements liable to the affected employee in the amount of the compensation rate for each hour of compensatory time accrued, plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, reduced for each hour of compensatory time used.
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Timeline
Apr 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Apr 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • April 3, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 3, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 115-1180: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017
Administrative remediesCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborEmployee leaveEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment studies and investigationsLabor-management relationsLabor standardsWages and earnings

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.

USA115th CongressS-801| Senate 
| Updated: 4/3/2017
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. This bill prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. An employer must provide monetary compensation for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year. This bill requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off. This bill prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to: (1) interfere with the employee's right to request or not to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of monetary overtime compensation, or (2) require an employee to use such compensatory time. This bill makes an employer who violates such requirements liable to the affected employee in the amount of the compensation rate for each hour of compensatory time accrued, plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, reduced for each hour of compensatory time used.
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Timeline
Apr 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Apr 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • April 3, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 3, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (22)
Mitch McConnell (Republican)Tom Udall (Democratic)David Perdue (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Jeff Flake (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Michael B. Enzi (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Roy Blunt (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)John Kennedy (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Pat Roberts (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 115-1180: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborEmployee leaveEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment studies and investigationsLabor-management relationsLabor standardsWages and earnings