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HR 933 111th Congress House

Family-Friendly Workplace Act

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.

Introduced: February 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Civil actions and liabilityEmployee leaveEmployment discrimination and employee rightsLabor-management relationsWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 10, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E228)
Feb 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 23, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 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.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 933: Family-Friendly Workplace Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-933/
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"H.R. 933: Family-Friendly Workplace Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-933/.
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H.R. 933, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-933/.
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