FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture (see H.R. 3486), H10066 [13DE]

Business and industry: ensure protection for employees of traveling sales crews (see S. 96), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 3070), H6458 [9OC]

———require employers to notify parents or guardians of employees under 18 or disabled if an individual with a criminal record of violence is working at the same facility (see H.R. 1869), H2280 [16MY]

Children and youth: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see S. 1241), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2639), H4634 [25JY]

———reform provisions relative to child labor (see S. 869), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 961), H826 [8MR] (see H.R. 2239), H3259 [19JN]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2755), H5335 [2AU]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 77), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 684), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 1362), H1408 [3AP]

Disabled: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 881), H648 [6MR]

EEOC: require report on use of the Fair Labor Standards Act by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity (see H.R. 1495), H1497 [4AP]

Employment: allow employees the right to accept or reject arbitration to resolve an employment controversy (see H.R. 815), H621 [1MR]

———condition minimum wage exemptions for organized camps on compliance with certain safety standards (see H.R. 2679), H4948 [31JY]

———limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1289), H1343 [29MR]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see H.R. 1545), H1554 [24AP]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (see H.R. 2070), H2955 [6JN]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H395 [14FE]

———prohibit forced overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1902), H2333 [17MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 624), S2979 [27MR]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H1658 [26AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (see H.R. 546), H253 [8FE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 964), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 2424), H3805 [28JN] (see H.R. 2812), H5337 [2AU]

———provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1484 (see H.R. 1441), H1494 [4AP]

Letters

Dept. of Labor issuance of adverse effect wage rates applicable to the H-2A Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program: Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, H1106 [22MR]

———Representatives George Miller, Owens, and Berman, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H1105 [22MR]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: reform provisions relative to child labor, E109 [6FE]

———reform provisions relative to child labor (H.R. 961), E363 [14MR], E559 [5AP]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (H.R. 2755), E1550 [3AU]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 781), H1388, H1392 [3AP], H1697 [1MY], E521, E526 [3AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1362), H1392 [3AP], E531 [3AP]

Dept. of Labor: issuance of adverse effect wage rates applicable to H-2A Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program workers and employers, H1105-H1107 [22MR]

Employment: limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (H.R. 1289), H1465 [4AP], E497 [29MR]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (H.R. 2070), E1036 [6JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1982), H2693-H2695 [24MY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (H.R. 1602), H1608 [26AP], E639, E642 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: ensure protection for employees of traveling sales crews (S. 96), S361 [22JA]

Children and youth: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood, S6154 [13JN]

———permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (S. 1241), S8222 [25JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 684), S3350, S3351 [3AP]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 624), S2989-S2993 [27MR]

Minimum wage: level (S. 277), S1132-S1135 [7FE], S1215 [8FE]

———level (S. 964), S5765 [25MY], S5802 [26MY]

Statements

Young American Workers' Bill of Rights: Representative Lantos, E559 [5AP]

Summaries

Workplace Flexibility Act (S. 624), S2992 [27MR]

Tables

Comparison of H-2A adverse effect wage rates, 1997-2000, H1109 [22MR]

Texts of

S. 77, Paycheck Fairness Act, S336-S338 [22JA]

S. 96, Traveling Sales Crew Protection Act, S362-S365 [22JA]

S. 277, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1134 [7FE]

S. 624, Workplace Flexibility Act, S2990-S2992 [27MR]