Congress 115 - HR 1180 - Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017

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Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Department of Labor Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights Government studies and investigations Labor and Employment Labor standards Labor-management relations Wages and earnings

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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 2, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of not less than 1 1/2 hours for each 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.

The 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.

The bill requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off.

The 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.

(Sec. 3) The 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.

(Sec. 5) The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on: (1) the extent to which employers provide compensatory time off and employees opt to receive it; (2) the number of complaints filed by employees with the Department of Labor alleging a violation of such requirements and the number of enforcement actions commenced by Labor on behalf of aggrieved employees; (3) the disposition of such complaints and actions; and (4) any unpaid wages, damages, penalties, injunctive relief, or other remedies sought by Labor in connection with such actions.

Actions

May 3, 2017

Received in the Senate.
May 2, 2017

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 2, 2017

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 229 - 197 (Roll no. 244). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H3038-3039)
May 2, 2017

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 229 - 197 (Roll no. 244).(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H3038-3039)
May 2, 2017

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 192 - 234 (Roll no. 243).
May 2, 2017

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
May 2, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Scott, VA motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment to add an exemption to the underlying bill for any employee who does not receive fewer than seven paid sick days, which can be used to seek medical care for a pre-existing health condition.
May 2, 2017

Mr. Scott (VA) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. (text: CR H3048)
May 2, 2017

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
May 2, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1180.
May 2, 2017

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1180 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rules also provides for proceedings during the period from May 5, 2017, through May 15, 2017.
May 2, 2017

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 299. (consideration: CR H3038-3050)
May 2, 2017

Rule H. Res. 299 passed House.
May 1, 2017

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 299 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1180 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rules also provides for proceedings during the period from May 5, 2017, through May 15, 2017.
Apr 28, 2017

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 58.
Apr 28, 2017

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 115-101.
Apr 26, 2017

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Apr 26, 2017

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 5, 2017

Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral.
Feb 16, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 16, 2017

Introduced in House

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