[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H2462-H2463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, the so-called ``Working Families Flexibility 
Act'' would amend and would subvert the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 in order to allow private sector employers to compensate their 
employees instead of paying them overtime.

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  It gives employers the legal cover to force employees to work more 
and to pay them less. What would improve the lives of working families 
would be an increase in the minimum wage. What would provide flexible 
workplaces would be to give adequate leave options under the Family and 
Medical Leave Act.
  Flexible workplaces provide competitive living wages for employees. 
Flexible workplaces provide sufficient sick-pay leave.
  H.R. 1406 does nothing to advance any of these proposals.

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