[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT

  (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, as a mother who has worked for many years 
outside of the house raising our three children, I know firsthand about 
the challenges of trying to balance work with family life. That is why 
I'm a proud cosponsor of the Working Families Flexibility Act, which 
would give more time to workers, the freedom to decide how to use their 
time. For some people, this may mean taking a sick child to the doctor 
or attending their daughter's ballet recital or caring for an aging 
parent.
  Currently, an outdated law prohibits private sector employers from 
even offering their employees the option to choose paid time off as 
compensation for overtime hours worked. The Working Families 
Flexibility Act would put an end to this arbitrary restriction.
  By leveling the playing field and giving more employees the freedom 
to control their overtime compensation, this commonsense proposal will 
help strengthen families and our workforce.

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