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Family-Friendly Workplace Act

Introduced: May 13, 2008 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
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Became law
May 13, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 13, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E897-898)
May 13, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family-Friendly Workplace Act - 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 employee in the amount of the compensation rate for each hour of compensatory time accrued, plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, reduced for each hour of compensatory time used.

What's happening now May 13, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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