HR 5656 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

Introduced Jan 17, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Martha Roby R-AL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 17, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

This bill revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees.

Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation otherwise is required; employees may accrue a maximum of 160 hours of compensatory time.

Employers are prohibited from interfering with an employee's right to or not request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of overtime compensation or from requiring an employee to use such compensatory time, and must give their employees 30-days notice before discontinuing a compensatory time policy.

Employers are liable to employees for damages from violations of these requirements.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2020 to Sep 22, 2020, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-ALBradley ByrneOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-SDDusty JohnsonOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-NCMark WalkerOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-GARick W. AllenOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-TXVan TaylorOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalJan 17, 2020
R-TXRon WrightJan 24, 2020
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 17, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Jan 17, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1043Working Families Flexibility Act of 2019Related billApr 4, 2019

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 17, 2020Introduced in House

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