Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021
Latest action · Feb 4, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021
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 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2021 to Sep 23, 2021; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Feb 25, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Jun 10, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jun 10, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jun 10, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Sep 23, 2021 |
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 Feb 4, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 4, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4031 | Mike Lee R-UT, Patty Murray D-WA | Jun 10, 2021 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47492 | Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts: Overview and Policy Considerations | Report | Mar 31, 2023 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1043 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Apr 4, 2019 |
| HR 1980 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 17, 2021 |
| S 4710 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2024 | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 11, 2024 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in Senate
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