HR 1406 · 113th Congress · Labor and Employment

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013

Introduced 2013-04-09· Sponsored by Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2013-05-09)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2013-05-08
Roll #137
Yea 223Nay 204
Democrats
3 Yea·196 Nay
Republicans
220 Yea·8 Nay
PassedHouse · 2013-05-08
Roll #137
Yea 223Nay 204
Democrats
3 Yea·196 Nay
Republicans
220 Yea·8 Nay
FailedHouse · 2013-05-08
Roll #136
Yea 200Nay 227
Democrats
199 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
1 Yea·227 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. Requires an employee's employer to provide monetary compensation, after the end of a calendar year, for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year. Requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off. Prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to: (1) interfere with the employee's right to request or not to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of monetary overtime compensation, or (2) require an employee to use such compensatory time. Makes an employer who violates such requirements liable to the affected em…

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H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013

Apr 19, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 17, 2013

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans