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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

Introduced: January 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jan 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 17, 2020
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020

This bill revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees.

Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation otherwise is required; employees may accrue a maximum of 160 hours of compensatory time.

Employers are prohibited from interfering with an employee's right to or not request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of overtime compensation or from requiring an employee to use such compensatory time, and must give their employees 30-days notice before discontinuing a compensatory time policy.

Employers are liable to employees for damages from violations of these requirements.

What's happening now January 17, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1043 Related bill Working Families Flexibility Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 9
R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Sep 22, 2020
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Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Jan 17, 2020
Brooks, Mo
· Jan 17, 2020
Byrne, Bradley
· Jan 17, 2020
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Jan 17, 2020
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Jan 17, 2020
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jan 17, 2020
 R
Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · Jan 17, 2020
Roe, David
· Jan 17, 2020
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jan 17, 2020
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jan 17, 2020
Taylor, Van
· Jan 17, 2020
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 2020
Walker, Mark
· Jan 17, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5656: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5656/
MLA
"H.R. 5656: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5656/.
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H.R. 5656, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5656/.
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