Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 3, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedApr 3, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2017 to Nov 7, 2017; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | David Perdue | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Apr 3, 2017 |
Withdrew 1 Tom Udall D-NM Apr 5, 2017
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Apr 3, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 233 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | Jan 22, 2015 |
| S 1043 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 4, 2019 |
| HR 1180 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 3, 2017 |
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 compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2017Introduced in Senate
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