S 1626 · 113th Congress 2013โ€“2015, ended

Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act of 2013

Latest action · Nov 5, 2013 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7803)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 30, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of at least 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee.

Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. Requires such an employee, however, to receive overtime compensation for any such time in excess of 160 hours.

Requires an employee's employer to provide monetary compensation, after the end of a calendar year, for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year.

Requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing a policy of compensatory time off.

Prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to interfere with the employee's right to: (1) use or refrain from using accrued compensatory time off in lieu of receiving monetary compensation, or (2) refrain from entering into an agreement to accrue such compensatory time.

Authorizes an employer to establish a flexible credit hour program for employees to accrue flexible credit hours and, in lieu of monetary compensation, reduce the number of hours the employee works in a subsequent day or week at a rate of one hour for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required to be paid. Authorizes an employer to carry out a flexible credit hour program only in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee.

Requires an employee's employer to provide monetary compensation, after the end of a calendar year, for any unused flexible credit hour accrued during the preceding year.

Requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing a policy of flexible credit hour program.

Prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to interfere with the employee's right to: (1) elect or not to elect to participate in a flexible credit hour program or to work flexible credit hours, or (2) use or refrain from using accrued flexible credit hours.

Makes an employer who violates such requirements liable to the affected employee in the amount of the compensation rate for each hour of unused compensatory time or each unused flexible credit hour accrued, plus an equal amount as liquidated damages.

Prescribes certain employee protections for unused compensatory time off and unused flexible credit hours during a bankruptcy proceeding.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress every three years on: (1) the extent to which employers provide compensatory time off and flexible credit hours and employees opt to receive them; (2) the number of complaints filed by an employee with the Secretary of Labor alleging a violation of the requirements as well as enforcement actions commenced by the Secretary on behalf of an aggrieved employee; (3) the disposition of such complaints and actions; and (4) any unpaid wages, damages, penalties, injunctive relief, or other remedies sought by the Secretary in connection with such actions.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2013 to Oct 31, 2013; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalOct 30, 2013
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOct 31, 2013

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Oct 30, 2013

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 5, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7803)
  2. Oct 31, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7690-7692)
  3. Oct 30, 2013Introduced in Senate
  4. Oct 30, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7681-7682)

In the Congressional Record 5

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4368Mitch McConnell R-KYJul 10, 2014
SenateDebate and remarks S3774Mitch McConnell R-KYJun 18, 2014
SenateDebate and remarks S2431John Thune R-SDApr 29, 2014
SenateDebate and remarks S7690Mitch McConnell R-KYOct 31, 2013
SenateText printed S7681Mitch McConnell R-KY (text)Oct 30, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 113-837ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR WORKING WOMEN: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION99 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeMay 20, 2014

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1406Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013Related billMay 9, 2013
S 1623Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013Related billOct 30, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide employees in the private sector with an opportunity for compensatory time off, similar to the opportunity offered to Federal employees, and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 30, 2013Introduced in Senate

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