FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Amendments

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H7691, H7693, H7695, H7696, H7697 [31JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), consideration (H. Res. 1388), H7642 [31JY]

Articles and editorials

Bargain at 77 Cents to a Dollar, H7695 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see S. 3648), S10069 [29SE] (see H.R. 6111), H4453 [21MY]

Children and youth: increase penalties for violations of child labor laws (see H.R. 6861), H8018 [10SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), consideration (see H. Res. 1388), H7627 [30JY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (see H.R. 6025), H3776 [13MY]

Firefighters: provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay (see H.R. 6549), H6726 [17JY]

Minimum wage: condition further increases applicable to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands on a Dept. of Labor determination that such increases will not adversely impact territorial economies (see H.R. 5154), H555 [29JA]

Norton, Mary T.: recognize contributions made toward passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H. Con. Res. 382), H6089 [25JN]

Motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H7701 [31JY]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (H.R. 6111), E1049 [23MY]

Children and youth: increase penalties for violations of child labor laws, H2975 [1MY]

Civil rights: clarify legal standard for punitive damages for wage discrimination based on sex to require malice or reckless indifference, H7696, H7697 [31JY]

———delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations and develop technical assistance materials to assist small businesses with compliance, H7695, H7696 [31JY]

———delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations until a study is conducted examining effect on employer recruiting and hiring, H7694, H7695 [31JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H2557, H2558 [23AP], H5115 [10JN], H7678-H7704 [31JY], E690, E698, E702 [23AP], E1268 [18JN], E1682, E1686, E1695, E1698 [1AU], E1731 [9SE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), consideration (H. Res. 1388), H7637-H7642 [31JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), corrections in engrossment, H7705 [31JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), motion to recommit, H7701-H7703 [31JY]

———prevent protections for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex from including job applicants, H7693 [31JY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (H.R. 6025), H7687 [31JY], E897 [13MY]

Firefighters: provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay (H.R. 6549), E1506 [17JY]

Minimum wage: level, H7064 [24JY]

———provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 3, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (H.R. 4637), H7063 [24JY]

Norton, Mary T.: recognize contributions made toward passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act (H. Con. Res. 382), E1352 [25JN]

Paycheck Fairness Act: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, H7698 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

Minimum wage: level, S6106 [25JN], S10638 [19NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1338, Paycheck Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1388) (H. Rept. 110-807), H7627 [30JY]

Paycheck Fairness Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1338) (H. Rept. 110-783), H7169 [28JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1338), H7702 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 1388, consideration of H.R. 1338, Paycheck Fairness Act, H7637 [31JY]