FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: require that employers provide a minimum amount of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2564), H6009 [21MY]

Children and youth: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 3564), H9548 [15SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S212 [8JA] (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 904), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 2151), H4914 [28AP]

Dept. of Labor: suspend the statute of limitations for certain rights of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act during investigations (see H.R. 3303), H8706 [23JY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (see H.R. 933), H1156 [10FE]

Federal 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. 3243), H8302 [16JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend whistleblower protections to employees (see S. 474), S2473 [25FE]

Minimum wage: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H6009 [21MY]

———postpone increase (see H.R. 3309), H8707 [23JY]

———provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining levels for employers required to pay a minimum wage at a rate higher than the current Federal rate (see H.R. 77), H30 [6JA]

———provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 3041), H7445 [25JN]

Letters

Extend whistleblower protections to FAA employees: Representative Burgess, H5969 [21MY]

Motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H135 [9JA]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 3564), H9494 [15SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H41 [7JA], H75 [8JA], H94, H124-H138 [9JA], H553 [27JA], H12988 [16NO], E67, E69 [13JA], E90 [14JA]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), motion to recommit, H135, H136 [9JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 2151), E999 [28AP]

Employment: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (H.R. 933), E228 [10FE]

FAA: extend whistleblower protections to employees, H5969, H5970 [21MY]

Federal 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. 3243), E1822 [16JY]

Lawyers and attorneys: set cap on attorney fees for cases of discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H135, H136 [9JA]

Minimum wage: level, H8712 [24JY]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), S767 [22JA]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 182), S238 [8JA], S239 [9JA], S375 [14JA], S4781 [28AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend whistleblower protections to employees (S. 474), S2483 [25FE]

Obama, President: impact of signing statement on whistleblower protection for Federal employees, S3603 [23MR]

Texts of

H.R. 12, Paycheck Fairness Act, H124-H126 [9JA]