FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Amendments

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2516 [8MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2458 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: exempt certain perishable agricultural commodities from goods whose sale or distribution may be prohibited subsequent to a violation (see H.R. 1387), H1824 [21MR]

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 1687), S7951 [12NO]

Children and youth: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2342), H3356 [12JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 84), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]

——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 168), S357 [29JA] (see H.R. 438), H300 [29JA]

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. 831), H659 [26FE]

Disasters: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 1001), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 3179), H5832 [25SE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 1623), S7674 [30OC] (see H.R. 1406), H1856 [9AP]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (see H. Res. 198), H2436 [6MY]

——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (see S. 1626), S7674 [30OC]

——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2096), H2910 [22MY]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H1396 [13MR]

Minimum wage: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 650), H500 [13FE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S8186 [19NO]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 460), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 3746), H8108 [12DE]

——— 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. 229), H84 [14JA]

Motor vehicles: provide that over-the-road bus drivers are covered under maximum hours of service regulations (see S. 487), S1269 [7MR]

Volunteer workers: clarify that volunteers at children’s consignment events are not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 1656), S7876 [6NO] (see H.R. 3173), H5832 [25SE]

Women: provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see S. 934), S3371 [13MY] (see H.R. 1941), H2568 [9MY]

Motions

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2520 [8MY]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 2342), H3295 [12JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, E393 [9AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H226, H251 [23JA], H318 [4FE], H1840, H1841, H1847, H1848, H1849 [9AP], H1925–H1928, H1942 [11AP], H1986–H1988 [12AP], H2454, H2457, H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H3105, H3106, H3107, H3108, H3109, H3110 [5JN], E216 [28FE], E401 [9AP], E407 [10AP], E643 [13MY], E804, E806 [5JN]

——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 438), H1987 [12AP], E73 [29JA]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2235–H2239 [23AP], H2310 [25AP], H2408 [6MY], H2447, H2448, H2449, H2450, H2462, H2463 [7MY], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2502–H2522, H2526 [8MY], H3027 [4JN], H3227 [6JN], H4843 [22JY], H5076 [25JY], H7557 [5DE], E636 [9MY], E643 [13MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2450–H2459 [7MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), motion to recommit, H2520, H2521 [8MY]

——— guarantee employee choice for use of compensatory time for certain purposes and exclude employers that violate equal pay protections for women from option to offer compensatory time for overtime, H2520, H2521 [8MY]

——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (H.R. 2096), E1598 [29OC]

GAO: submit report to Congress on usage of compensatory time as substitute for cash wages for overtime hours worked and detail complaints filed and enforcement actions taken for alleged violations, H2517 [8MY]

Minimum wage: increase, H5599 [18SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H1528 [15MR]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H968 [5MR], H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H7498–H7503 [4DE], H7636 [11DE], E1801 [5DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1346), E357 [21MR]

——— level, H6668 [22OC]

Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, H6059 [1OC]

Women: provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (H.R. 1941), E632 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S2238 [22MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 84), S335 [29JA], S373–S377 [30JA], S4017 [7JN]

——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 168), S358 [29JA]

Employment: ensure equal pay policies and practices, S2252 [22MR]

——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (S. 1626), S7690 [31OC]

Minimum wage: increase, S8626 [11DE], S9010 [19DE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S8290 [19NO], S8293 [20NO]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, S8925 [18DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S1131 [5MR], S2792 [18AP], S5899 [24JY], S8540–S8547 [9DE], S8886–S8889 [17DE]

Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, S7098 [1OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 198) (H. Rept. 113–51), H2436 [6MY]

Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1406) (H. Rept. 113–49), H2400 [30AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 198, consideration of H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act, H2450 [7MY]

H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act, H2502 [8MY]

S. 460, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1132 [5MR]

S. 1626, Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act, S7681 [30OC]