S 4 · 105th Congress · Labor and Employment
Family Friendly Workplace Act
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Second cloture on the modified committee amendment not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-47. Record Vote No: 93. (consideration: CR S5291)(1997-06-04)
Plain Language Summary
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Family Friendly Workplace Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for: (1) time-and-a-half compensatory time off; (2) biweekly work programs (allowing more than 40 hours of work in one week and correspondingly less in the other); and (3) flexible credit hour programs (thus providing private sector employees opportunities under such programs similar to those of Federal employees). Amends the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements for certain executive, administrative, and professional employees and outside salesmen. Prohibits from consideration in determining whether an employee is exempt: (1) the fact that the employee is subject to deductions in compensation for absences from employment of less than a full workday or less than a full pay period; or (2) the payment of overtime compensation or other additions to the compensation of an employee employed on a salary based on hours worked. Allows consideration, in such a determination, of an actual reduction in compensation.…
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Cosponsors (20)
20 Republicans