FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 770), S2348 [8AP]

———require certain disclosures by employers who use electronic payroll cards to pay their employees (see H.R. 2125), H4035 [3JN]

———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 H.R. 3178), H6919 [13OC]

Children and youth: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H4327 [16JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 797), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 788), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 1493), H2603 [12AP]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H6551 [4OC]

———prohibit from issuing a final rule that prevents the agricultural employment of minors to detassel corn (see H.R. 3708), H9926 [16DE]

———recognize unique circumstances of farm family youth workers when issuing certain labor regulations for hired farm workers under age 16 (see H. Con. Res. 95), H9926 [16DE]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see S. 531), S1502 [9MR] (see H.R. 987), H1665 [9MR]

Health care professionals: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (see S. 1273), S4076 [23JN] (see H.R. 2341), H4527 [23JN]

———preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 3066), H6456 [23SE]

Information technology: modify provisions relative to exemption for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, or other similarly skilled workers (see S. 1747), S6871 [20OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend whistleblower protections to employees (see S. 586), S1677 [15MR]

Minimum wage: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H680 [10FE]

———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. 42), H34 [5JA]

———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. 283), H201 [12JA]

Motor vehicles: provide that over-the-road bus drivers are covered under maximum hours of service regulations (see S. 1977), S8489 [12DE]

Remarks in House

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), E701 [12AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1493), E700 [12AP]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (H.R. 3086), H6521 [4OC]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (H.R. 987), E442 [9MR]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 797), S2396 [12AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 788), S2389 [12AP]

Dept. of Justice: extend whistleblower protections to employees, S7061 [2NO]

Dept. of Labor: recognize unique circumstances of farm family youth workers when issuing certain labor regulations for hired farm workers under age 16, S8699 [16DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend whistleblower protections to employees (S. 586), S1681 [15MR]

Texts of

S. 788, Fair Pay Act, S2390 [12AP]