FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Amendments

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1138, H1140, H1141, H1144, H1146 [19MR]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4332, S4396, S4397, S4398 [13MY], S4491, S4492, S4493, S4495, S4496 [14MY], S4613, S4614 [15MY], S5220, S5221, S5247, S5265, S5267, S5268 [3JN], S5278 [4JN]

Articles and editorials

Comp Time's Time Has Come, S4514 [15MY]

Harried Workers Need Comptime's Flexibility, S5409 [9JN]

It's Comptime Time, S4647 [16MY]

Pass Comp Bill, S4647 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions

Child labor: reform provisions (see H.R. 1870), H3796 [12JN]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H6703 [31JY]

Civil rights: establish criminal liability for discrimination based on disparate treatment (see H.R. 2080), H4834 [26JN]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 232; H.R. 1302), S804 [29JA], H1439 [10AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination (see H.R. 963, 2078), H802 [6MR], H4834 [26JN]

———prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H803 [6MR]

———provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2023), H4338 [24JN]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see S. 626), S3419 [22AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: encourage international financial institutions compliance with certain fair labor laws (see H. Res. 334), H10955 [13NO]

Employment: application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations (see S. 259; H.R. 526), S945 [4FE], H283 [4FE]

———implement alternative program for providing a benefit or employment preference under Federal law (see H.R. 2079), H4834 [26JN]

———make overtime exemption available to employees engaged in transportation and preparation of fruit and vegetables apply to employees engaged in transportation and preparation of sugar beets (see H.R. 917), H724 [4MR]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for employees subject to certain leave policies (see H.R. 504), H282 [4FE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1045; H.R. 2215, 2275), S7862 [22JY], H5569 [22JY], H5826 [25JY]

———provide an exemption of overtime compensation for certain firefighters and rescue squad members (see H.R. 94), H69 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 99), H1110 [18MR]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S158 [21JA]

———use of salary base to exempt employees from certain wage requirements (see H.R. 647), H393 [6FE]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 656), S3727 [25AP]

Health: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 1815, 2198), H3567 [5JN], H5486 [17JY]

Income: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 2710), H9501 [23OC]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see H.R. 484), H243 [21JA]

Cloture motions

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4350 [13MY], S4514 [15MY], S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]

Letters

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Gary J. Tharnish, S5288 [4JN]

———several women's organizations, S5164 [2JN], S5235 [3JN]

Working Families Flexibility Act: Sheldon E. Steinbach, American Council on Education, H1127 [19MR]

Remarks in House

Child labor: reform provisions (H.R. 1870), E1344 [27JN]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1302), H1394 [10AP], H4090 [20JN], E628 [10AP], E642 [14AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination (H.R. 963), E411 [6MR]

———prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (H.R. 983), E407 [6MR]

Dept. of Labor: employment training for former welfare recipients, H5898 [28JY]

Employment: application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations (H.R. 526), E157 [4FE]

———eligibility requirements and limits on accrual of compensatory time, H1138, H1139 [19MR]

———make the overtime exemption available to employees engaged in the transportation and preparation of fruit and vegetables available to employees engaged in the transportation and preparation of sugar beets (H.R. 917), E367 [4MR]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (H.R. 2888), E2273 [9NO]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2275), E2106 [28OC]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H715 [4MR], H772 [6MR], H821 [11MR], H1009-H1015 [13MR], H1034 [17MR], H1048, H1090 [18MR], H1114, H1115, H1124-H1156, H1162, H1166 [19MR], E42 [7JA], E570 [21MR], E589, E595 [8AP]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1115-H1124 [19MR]

———provide limited overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (H.R. 2891), E2245 [8NO]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protection, H3792 [12JN]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protections, H5031-H5040 [10JY]

———use of salary base to exempt employees from certain wage requirements (H.R. 647), E317 [26FE]

Income: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (H.R. 2710), E2071 [23OC]

Public welfare programs: minimum wage level relative to public work programs, H3278, H3279 [4JN]

Working Families Flexibility Act: exempt certain employees, H1141-H1144 [19MR]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 232), S816 [29JA]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (S. 626), S3436 [22AP]

Employment: application of compensatory time, flexible workplaces, minimum wage, and overtime regulations to congressional employees, S5221 [3JN]

———application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations, S8903 [8SE], S8963, S8964 [9SE]

———application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations (S. 259), S960 [4FE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (S. 1045), S7863 [22JY]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S124, S126, S221-S225 [21JA], S653 [22JA], S684 [23JA], S2029 [6MR], S3310-S3312, S3313 [17AP], S3880, S3881-S3890 [1MY], S4257-S4259, S4261-S4267, S4274-S4276 [9MY], S4291-S4293 [12MY], S4327-S4354 [13MY], S4508-S4515 [15MY], S4628-S4633, S4645-S4647, S4649-S4652, S4656 [16MY], S4665-S4667 [19MY], S5158-S5171 [2JN], S5218-S5248 [3JN], S5281-S5291 [4JN], S5406-S5412 [9JN], S10469 [7OC]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (S. 656), S3730 [25AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1, Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 99) (H. Rept. 105-31), H1110 [18MR]

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 4) (S. Rept. 105-11), S2787 [7AP]

Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 105-21), H948 [12MR]

Statements

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Kim Buchanan, S4632 [16MY]

———Leslie Langford, S4632 [16MY]

Testimonies

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Diane Buster, S4647 [16MY]

———William A. Stone, S4646 [16MY]

Working Families Flexibility Act: Christine Korzendorfer, H1120 [19MR]

———Linda Smith, H1120 [19MR]

———Peter Faust, H1120 [19MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 99, consideration of H.R. 1, Working Families Flexibility Act, H1115 [19MR]

H.R. 1, Working Families Flexibility Act, H1137 [19MR]

S. 4, Family Friendly Workplace Act, S222-S223 [21JA], S4327-S4332 [13MY]

S. 259, application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations, S961 [4FE]

S. 626, Stop Sweatshops Act, S3437 [22AP]

S. 656, Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Act, S3731 [25AP]

S. 1045, Genetic Justice Act, S7863 [22JY]