Workflex in the 21st Century Act
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include a voluntary option for qualified flexible workplace arrangements.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Workflex in the 21st Century Act
This bill establishes a voluntary option under which employers who provide flexible workplace arrangement plans that include a combination of paid leave and flexible work options are exempt from certain state and local laws regarding employee benefits.
A flexible workplace arrangement plan must provide all employees with a minimum amount of paid leave per year that ranges from 12 to 20 days, depending on the size of the employer and the tenure of the employee.
The plan must also provide employees that meet certain service requirements with at least one of the following flexible work options:
- a biweekly work program,
- a compressed work schedule,
- a remote work program,
- a job sharing program,
- flexible scheduling, or
- predictable scheduling.
The bill also specifies various requirements for paid leave and the flexible work options.
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4248: Workflex in the 21st Century Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4248/
"H.R. 4248: Workflex in the 21st Century Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4248/.
H.R. 4248, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4248/.
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