On May 8, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow private sector employers to offer hourly workers the option of taking compensatory (“comp”) time in lieu of paid overtime. The ...

On May 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. Commonly referred to as the “comp time” bill, H.R. 1180 would amend the Fair Labor ...

Bill would give workers the option of being compensated in time or cash Democrats and union officials doubt it would give workers enough protections Opponents are concerned it would allow businesses ...

Representative Martha Roby has an op-ed in Politico today making the case for her “Working Families Flexibility Act.” The bill would allow businesses to pay their workers in comp time, rather than ...

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On April 5, the House Education and Workforce Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections is holding a hearing on the Working Families Flexibility Act, which Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) is once ...

Q: We have a team of nonexempt hourly employees who will soon be putting in significant overtime for an important project. May we compensate them for their overtime work with additional paid vacation ...

The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday reminded agencies that the clock is ticking on a three-year grace period for a rule that bars federal employees from stockpiling compensatory time off.