FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Articles and editorials

Businesses Sore About Medical Leave, S2002 [5FE]

Fighting Over Overtime, S12215 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture (see H.R. 2516), H5661 [19JN]

Cargo transportation: require payment of at least the minimum wage to certain drivers for all hours worked as a condition of exempting such drivers from overtime requirements (see H.R. 3174), H8905 [24SE]

Children and youth: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see S. 974), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1943), H3636 [1MY]

———reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 3139), H8490 [23SE]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2870), H7616 [24JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 76), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 1688), H3051 [9AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 841), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1695), H3051 [9AP]

Commission on Overtime Regulations: establish (see S. 1611), S11416 [11SE]

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. 1487), H2471 [27MR]

Employment: allow employees the right to accept or reject arbitration to resolve an employment controversy (see H.R. 540), H318 [5FE]

———condition minimum wage exemptions for organized camps on compliance with certain safety standards (see H.R. 2145), H4254 [19MY]

———minimum wage and maximum hour requirement exemptions for certain seasonal fireworks employees (see H.R. 2263), H4737 [22MY]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see S. 495), S3027 [3MR] (see H.R. 1996), H3683 [6MY]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see S. 237), S1736 [29JA]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see S. 292), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 2065), H3973 [9MY]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see S. 1485), S10140 [29JY] (see H.R. 2665), H6347 [8JY]

———provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H1678 [6MR]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 317), S1977 [5FE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 20), S35 [7JA] (see S. 224), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 965), H1460 [27FE]

Letters

Dept. of Labor proposal to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Dennis Slocumb, International Union of Police Associations, S11202 [9SE]

———William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S11202 [9SE]

Youth Worker Protection Act: Darlene Adkins, Child Labor Coalition, E1874 [24SE]

———Diane Shust and Randall Moody, National Education Association, E1949 [1OC]

———Julie A. Taylor, United Methodist Church, E1950 [1OC]

———Linda F. Golodner, National Consumers League, E1950 [1OC]

———Patrick J. Schoof, Youth Advocate Program International (organization), E1949 [1OC]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, E1874 [24SE]

Poems

``Let the Rich Go First,'' Representative Owens, E1509 [18JY]

Press releases

F.O.P. Confident of Satisfactory Resolution on Dept. of Labor Overtime Regulations: National Fraternal Order of Police, S11204 [9SE]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: reform provisions relative to child labor (H.R. 3139), E1873 [24SE], E1949 [1OC], E2498, E2501 [8DE]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (H.R. 2870), E1598 [25JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1688), H2944 [9AP], E722 [10AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1695), E722 [10AP]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that exempt requirements of overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, E1482 [15JY], E1509 [18JY]

———prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6516, H6568-H6573 [10JY], H9155-H9166, H9195 [2OC], H12763, H12764, H12813, H12835, H12837 [8DE], E1975 [3OC], E2556 [15DE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (H.R. 1119), H4207 [19MY], H4260 [20MY], H5095, H5098 [10JN], E401 [7MR]

———provide compensatory time for private sector employees (H.R. 1119), amendment process, H4756 [2JN]

Minimum wage: level, H10331 [4NO]

———level (H.R. 965), E333 [27FE]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (S. 974), S5666 [1MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 76), S38 [7JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 841), S5073 [9AP]

Commission on Overtime Regulations: establish (S. 1611), S11419 [11SE]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S11060-S11062, S11065-S11070, S11075, S11105 [4SE], S11136-S11138, S11141-S11145, S11147-S11149 [5SE], S11174, S11175, S11178, S11179, S11182 [8SE], S11193-S11209, S11213, S11214, S11239 [9SE], S11264-S11269 [10SE], S12213-S12216 [1OC], S12361 [2OC], S15918, S15969 [25NO]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (S. 292), S1899 [4FE]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (S. 1485), S10151 [29JY]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 317), S1999 [5FE]

Minimum wage: level, S2652 [25FE], S9283-S9286, S9288-S9290 [11JY], S12214, S12215 [1OC], S12361 [2OC]

———level (S. 20), S134-S136 [9JA]

———level (S. 224), S1661 [28JA], S1689 [29JA], S14587, S14674, S14679 [12NO]

———level (S. 224), unanimous-consent request, S14557, S14564, S14587, S14599, S14615, S14631, S14647, S14681, S14748 [12NO]

Reports filed

Family Time Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1119) (H. Rept. 108-127), H4733 [22MY]

Statements

Youth Worker Protection Act: Linda F. Golodner, National Consumers League, E2499 [8DE]

———Maggie Carey, E2501 [8DE]

Summaries

Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act (S. 317), S2002 [5FE]

Texts of

S. 292, minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers, S1899 [4FE]

S. 317, Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act, S1999-S2002 [5FE]

S. 841, Fair Pay Act, S5074 [9AP]

S. 1611, Commission on Overtime Regulations, S11420 [11SE]

Transcripts

Press Conference on H.R. 1695, Fair Pay Act and H.R. 1688, Paycheck Fairness Act (excerpt), E722 [10AP]