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HR 2723 104th Congress House Labor and Employment Caregivers Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collective bargaining agreements Disabled Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Employee benefit plans Families Federal employees Flexible work hours Government Operations and Politics Hours of labor Leave of absence Overtime Parental leave Parents Recruiting of employees Social Welfare

Work and Family Integration Act

Introduced: December 6, 1995 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Dec 22, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Dec 6, 1995
Introduced in House
Dec 6, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Work and Family Integration Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the 40-hour maximum workweek provision to allow employees to work flexible work schedules of 160 hours in any combination over a four-week period before employers would have to pay overtime compensation. Allows employees to request, and employers to provide, compensatory time-and-a-half off in lieu of compensatory overtime pay. Requires that any flexible work arrangement be agreed upon by both the employee and the employer, without coercion. Provides that collective bargaining agreements would remain unaffected.

Allows former employees a priority in rehiring if they take time off for up to five years in order to take care of their children or parents. Provides that such an employee's priority treatment may not be used as a basis for an action against the employer for violation of Federal equal protection laws.

Revises the salaried employee overtime exemption to allow flexible work schedules under such exemption.

Amends Federal civil service law to revise the definition of compressed schedule to conform with that under this Act.

What's happening now December 22, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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