3.0.0 4219 2023-01-11T13:38:08Z 2023-01-11T13:38:08Z House HR 2017-11-02 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 178 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:H.R. 4219.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H8444]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Hearings by 2018-07-24T19:20:17Z Referred to 2017-11-02T14:00:26Z 2018-07-24 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2017-11-02 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2017-11-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-11-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000820 Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] Mimi Walters R CA 45 N S001196 Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] Elise Stefanik R NY M. 21 2017-11-02 True M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2017-11-02 True M001201 Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10] Paul Mitchell R MI 10 2017-12-13 False B001289 Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] Bradley Byrne R AL 1 2017-12-13 False Labor and Employment Employee benefits and pensions Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal preemption Labor-management relations State and local government operations Temporary and part-time employment Labor and Employment 00 2017-11-02 Introduced in House 2018-06-22T11:57:16Z Workflex in the 21st Century Act

This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a voluntary workflex option under which employers who provide flexible workplace arrangement plans that include a combination of paid leave and flexible work options are exempt from certain state and local laws regarding employee benefits.

A flexible workplace arrangement plan must provide all employees with a minimum amount of paid leave per year that ranges from 12-20 days, depending on the size of the employer and the tenure of the employee.

The plan must also provide employees that meet certain service requirements with at least one of the following flexible work options:

  • a biweekly work program,
  • a compressed work schedule,
  • a telework program,
  • a job sharing program,
  • flexible scheduling, or
  • predictable scheduling.

The bill also specifies various requirements for paid leave and the flexible work options.

]]> Workflex in the 21st Century Act Display Title Workflex in the 21st Century Act Short Titles as Introduced Workflex in the 21st Century Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include a voluntary option for qualified flexible workplace arrangements. Introduced in House 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4219ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4219ih.xml 2018-07-24 Committee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.