FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Amendments

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2242, S2244, S2247, S2284, S2285 [8AP], S5513 [10SE], S5530, S5566, S5567, S5568 [11SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), S2475, S2487 [29AP]

Articles and editorials

President Obama’s Persistent ‘77 Cent’ Claim on the Wage Gap Gets a New Pinocchio Rating, S2306 [9AP]

Wage Hike Cost Is No Myth, S2537 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 4611), H4015 [8MY]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2172), S1818 [27MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S1923 [1AP]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see H.R. 5327), H7181 [31JY]

——— restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see S. 2642), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see S. 2435), S3474 [5JN]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see S. 2335), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 4590), H3939 [7MY]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 2223), S2239 [8AP]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 4839), H5318 [11JN]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

Chronologies

Federal minimum wage affecting American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1710–E1712 [3DE]

Cloture motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5488 [10SE], S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179 [7AP], S2299 [9AP]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2409 [28AP], S2545 [30AP]

Letters

Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Aric Newhouse, National Association of Manufacturers, S2539 [30AP]

——— Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S2538 [30AP]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, S2540 [30AP]

——— Jonathan Eisen, International Foodservice Distributors Association, S2538 [30AP]

——— Peter J. Larkin, National Grocers Association, S2539 [30AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2538 [30AP]

——— Robert J. Green, National Council of Chain Restaurants, S2538 [30AP]

——— Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, S2539 [30AP]

——— several business organizations, S2537 [30AP]

——— Stephen J. Caldeira, International Franchise Association, S2538 [30AP]

——— Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S2539 [30AP]

Motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2179 [7AP], S2203 [8AP], S2293 [9AP], S5487 [10SE], S5524, S5530 [11SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S1860 [31MR], S1883 [1AP], S2043 [2AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), S2333 [10AP], S2409 [28AP], S2427 [29AP], S2527 [30AP]

Press releases

Faleomavaega Thanks Senator DeMint for Allowing Minimum Wage Delay To Move Forward by Unanimous Consent: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1722 [3DE]

House Passes Minimum Wage Delay for American Samoa on Anniversary of Tsunami; H.R. 3940 Now Awaiting President’s Signature: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1722 [3DE]

President Obama Signs Minimum Wage Delay Into Law: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1723 [3DE]

Senate Passes Minimum Wage Delay by Unanimous Consent: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1722 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Civil rights: end discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H2983 [7AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H1535–H1540 [3FE], H7661 [17SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1442 [28JA], H1484 [29JA], H1927 [25FE], H2597–H2600 [24MR], H2658, H2660 [26MR], H2999, H3004, H3011 [8AP], H3065, H3066 [9AP], H3147 [10AP], H6988 [29JY], H7061, H7065 [30JY], H7305 [9SE], H7689 [18SE], E544, E545, E550 [8AP], E589 [28AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), unanimous-consent request, H7063, H7064 [30JY]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), H7851 [18SE], E549 [8AP]

Contracts: deny Federal contracts to contractors in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, H5219 [10JN]

Federal contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H4993, H4994 [29MY], H5537 [19JN], H6069 [10JY], H6265 [15JY]

Minimum wage: increase, H13 [7JA], H81 [9JA], H155 [10JA], H1975 [26FE], H2068 [28FE], H2161 [5MR], H2618 [25MR], H2657, H2681 [26MR], H2813 [2AP], H2859, H2867 [3AP], H2917 [4AP], H6041 [10JY], H6320–H6322 [16JY], H7629 [17SE], E285 [28FE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H6801, H6803 [24JY], H7661 [17SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H1268 [27JA], H1548 [4FE], H1729 [11FE], H1927 [25FE], H1944, H1946, H1952, H1954 [26FE], H2012, H2057–H2060 [27FE], H2079, H2086, H2087, H2088 [28FE], H2202 [6MR], H2373 [13MR], H2598 [24MR], H2658, H2687 [26MR], H2816, H2817 [2AP], H2924 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H3306 [30AP], H5076 [9JN], H7061 [30JY], H7422–H7424 [10SE], H7689 [18SE], H8024 [17NO], E265 [27FE], E1380 [10SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), unanimous-consent request, H7062–H7064 [30JY]

——— level, H1264–H1269 [27JA], H1538, H1540 [3FE]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, H1508 [29JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5261, H5263 [11JN]

Women: improve the employment situation of women by ensuring equal pay practices and increasing the minimum wage, H209–H215 [14JA], H1927 [25FE]

Remarks in Senate

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2041 [1AP], S2043 [2AP], S2149 [3AP], S3001 [14MY], S5400–S5402 [9SE], S5475, S5480, S5486 [10SE], S5548 [11SE], S5573, S5578–S5582 [15SE], S5595, S5597 [16SE], S5684 [17SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179, S2183 [7AP], S2203–S2224, S2226, S2290 [8AP], S2293, S2294, S2296–S2300, S2305–S2307, S2313, S2317 [9AP], S5487 [10SE], S5523, S5524, S5527, S5528–S5530 [11SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), unanimous-consent agreement, S5549 [11SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), unanimous-consent request, S2218 [8AP], S5548 [11SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 84), S593 [29JA]

Dept. of Labor: restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (S. 2486), S3812 [18JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked, S2217, S2220–S2222 [8AP]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (S. 1623), S3906 [24JN]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (S. 2642), S4708 [22JY]

——— provide flexibility for working parents to allow attendance at educational and extracurricular activities of their children, S2218 [8AP]

——— 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), S2431 [29AP], S3774 [18JN], S4368 [10JY]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (S. 2335), S3030 [14MY]

Minimum wage: increase, S4 [6JA], S106 [8JA], S1768 [26MR], S1898 [1AP], S2191 [7AP], S2215 [8AP], S5400, S5401 [9SE], S5496 [10SE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S559 [29JA], S837 [10FE], S2082 [2AP], S2146–S2149, S2154 [3AP], S2316, S2318 [9AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), motion to proceed, S1860 [31MR], S1883, S1886–S1889 [1AP], S2043 [2AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), S2287 [8AP], S2293 [9AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2333 [10AP], S2409, S2411–S2414, S2419 [28AP], S2427, S2428, S2430, S2435–S2441, S2453–S2462, S2524–S2526 [29AP], S2527–S2529, S2532–S2549 [30AP], S2597, S2599, S2605 [1MY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S1219 [27FE], S2069–S2071 [2AP]

——— level, S507 [28JA], S583, S586 [29JA], S627–S629 [30JA], S709 [4FE], S782 [6FE]

——— raise, S3001, S3002 [14MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S557–S561 [29JA]

Taxation: extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property, S2139 [3AP]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property, S3007 [14MY]

Statements

Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Laurie A. Palmer, S2413 [28AP]

Minimum Wage Increase: Business for a Fair Minimum Wage (organization), S2460 [29AP]

Texts of

S. 2486, Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act, S3812 [18JN]

S. 2642, Schedules That Work Act, S4709–S4713 [22JY]

S. Res. 356, $2.13 Day, S957 [12FE]