Bill Sponsor
House Bill 5656
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 17, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 17, 2020
Latest Action
Jan 17, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
5656
Congress
116
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Alabama
Republican
Alabama
Republican
Nebraska
Republican
North Carolina
Republican
North Carolina
Republican
North Carolina
Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican
South Dakota
Republican
Tennessee
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

This bill revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees.

Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation otherwise is required; employees may accrue a maximum of 160 hours of compensatory time.

Employers are prohibited from interfering with an employee's right to or not request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of overtime compensation or from requiring an employee to use such compensatory time, and must give their employees 30-days notice before discontinuing a compensatory time policy.

Employers are liable to employees for damages from violations of these requirements.

Text (1)
January 17, 2020
Actions (2)
01/17/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
01/17/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 12:10:38 AM