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HR 1406 - Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 - Key Vote
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Joe Pitts voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - May 9, 2013
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (224-203) - May 8, 2013(Key vote)
Title: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013
Vote Result
Yea Votes
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Vote to pass a bill that authorizes an employee in the private sector to receive compensatory time-off instead of monetary compensation for overtime work.
- Authorizes an employee in the private sector to receive compensatory time off instead of monetary compensation for overtime work (Sec. 2).
- Requires 1 and one-half hours of compensatory time off to be applied for each hour of overtime work an employee performs (Sec. 2).
- Requires an employee who has accrued compensatory time off and who has requested to use the time to be authorized by the employer to use the time within a “reasonable period” after making the request if the use of the time does not disrupt the operations of the employer (Sec. 2).
- Prohibits an employer from directly or indirectly intimidating, threatening, or coercing any employee for the following purposes (Sec. 2):
- To interfere with the employee’s ability to request or not request compensatory time off instead of payment of monetary overtime compensation for overtime hours; or
- To require any employee to use his or her accrued compensation time.
- Limits to 160 hours the compensatory time an employee is authorized to accrue (Sec. 2).
- Prohibits an employee from receiving compensatory time off until he or she has worked at least 1,000 hours during a period of continuous employment with the employer in the 12-month period prior to the date of agreement or receipt of compensatory time off (Sec. 2).
- Requires any compensatory time off agreements to be in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement for employees who are represented by a labor organization or affirmed by a written record of agreement between the employer and employee for employees who are not represented by a labor organization (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes an employee who is not represented by a labor organization to discontinue a compensatory time off agreement at any time (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes an employer to discontinue the compensatory time off policy if the employer provides a 30-day notice to employees, unless a collective bargaining agreement specifies otherwise (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes an employee to request in writing at any time that monetary compensation be provided for all unused compensatory time accrued, and requires the employer to provide the employee the monetary compensation within 30 days (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes an employer to provide monetary compensation after 30 days’ notice for an employee’s unused compensatory time in excess of 80 hours (Sec. 2).
- Requires an employer to pay an employee who has accrued compensatory time off for the unused compensatory time upon voluntary or involuntary termination of employment (Sec. 2).
- Requires an employer to provide monetary compensation by January 31 of each calendar year for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding calendar (Sec. 2).
- Requires monetary compensation for accrued compensatory time off to be paid to the employee at 1 of the following rates, whichever is higher (Sec. 2):
- The employee’s regular rate when the compensatory time was earned; or
- The employee’s final regular rate.
- Specifies that the provisions of this bill expire 5 years after the date of enactment (Sec. 6).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 9, 2013
Title: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Robert B. Aderholt (AL - R)
- Rodney M. Alexander (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark E. Amodei (NV - R)
- Michele Bachmann (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Spencer T. Bachus (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kerry Bentivolio (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rob Bishop (UT - R)
- Diane L. Black (TN - R)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN - R)
- Josiah Robins 'Jo' Bonner Jr. (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. Boustany Jr. (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin P. Brady (TX - R)
- James Frederick 'Jim' Bridenstine (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Morris J. 'Mo' Brooks (AL - R)
- Susan W. Brooks (IN - R)
- Vern Buchanan (FL - R)
- Larry D. Bucshon (IN - R)
- Michael C. Burgess (TX - R)
- Ken S. Calvert (CA - R)
- David Lee 'Dave' Camp (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- John BT Campbell III (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Carter (TX - R)
- William 'Bill' Cassidy (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jason Chaffetz (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' Coffman (CO - R)
- Tom Cole (OK - R)
- Douglas A. 'Doug' Collins (GA - R)
- Chris Collins (NY - R)
- K. Michael 'Mike' Conaway (TX - R)
- Tom Cotton (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin Cramer (ND - R)
- Eric A. 'Rick' Crawford (AR - R)
- John A. Culberson (TX - R)
- Steve Daines (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron DeSantis (FL - R)
- Scott DesJarlais (TN - R)
- Sean Duffy (WI - R)
- Jeffrey D. 'Jeff' Duncan (SC - R)
- Renee Ellmers (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Blake R. Farenthold (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen Lee Fincher (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles J. 'Chuck' Fleischmann (TN - R)
- John C. Fleming Jr. (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William H. 'Bill' Flores (TX - R)
- James Randy Forbes (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Fortenberry (NE - R)
- Virginia Ann Foxx (NC - R)
- Trent Franks (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Cory Gardner (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott Garrett (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Gibbs (OH - R)
- Phil Gingrey (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Louie Gohmert (TX - R)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- Paul A. Gosar (AZ - R)
- Harold Watson 'Trey' Gowdy III (SC - R)
- Kay Granger (TX - R)
- John Thomas 'Tom' Graves Jr. (GA - R)
- Samuel B. 'Sam' Graves (MO - R)
- Tim Griffin (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- H. Morgan Griffith (VA - R)
- Steven Brett Guthrie (KY - R)
- Ralph Moody Hall (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gregg Harper (MS - R)
- Andrew P. 'Andy' Harris (MD - R)
- Vicky J. Hartzler (MO - R)
- Richard 'Doc' Hastings (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph 'Joe' Heck Jr. (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeb Hensarling (TX - R)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA - R)
- George Holding (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Lane Hudson Jr. (NC - R)
- Tim Huelskamp (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Huizenga (MI - R)
- Duncan D. Hunter (CA - R)
- Robert Hurt (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Darrell E. Issa (CA - R)
- Lynn M. Jenkins (KS - R)
- Bill Johnson (OH - R)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R)
- James 'Jim' Jordan (OH - R)
- George J. 'Mike' Kelly Jr. (PA - R)
- Steve A. King (IA - R)
- Jack Kingston (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John P. Kline (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Raúl Rafael Labrador (ID - R)
- Douglas L. 'Doug' Lamborn (CO - R)
- James Lankford (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas P. 'Tom' Latham (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta (OH - R)
- Billy Long (MO - R)
- Frank D. Lucas (OK - R)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenny E. Marchant (TX - R)
- Kevin McCarthy (CA - R)
- Michael T. McCaul (TX - R)
- Tom McClintock (CA - R)
- Patrick Timothy McHenry (NC - R)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA - R)
- Mark Randal Meadows (NC - R)
- Allen Lucas 'Luke' Messer (IN - R)
- Jefferson B. 'Jeff' Miller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Candice S. Miller (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Markwayne Mullin (OK - R)
- Michael John 'Mick' Mulvaney (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Randy Neugebauer (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kristi Noem (SD - R)
- Richard B. 'Rich' Nugent (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Devin G. Nunes (CA - R)
- Patrick Alan Nunnelee (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pete Olson (TX - R)
- Erik Paulsen (MN - R)
- Stevan Edward 'Steve' Pearce (NM - R)
- Mike Pompeo (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Posey (FL - R)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Price (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas W. 'Tom' Reed II (NY - R)
- David George 'Dave' Reichert (WA - R)
- Reid J. Ribble (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- David P. 'Phil' Roe (TN - R)
- Mike Rogers (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harold 'Hal' Rogers (KY - R)
- Michael Dennis 'Mike' Rogers (AL - R)
- Dana T. Rohrabacher (CA - R)
- Todd Rokita (IN - R)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Rooney (FL - R)
- Peter J. Roskam (IL - R)
- Dennis A. Ross (FL - R)
- Keith Rothfus (PA - R)
- Edward R. 'Ed' Royce (CA - R)
- Paul D. Ryan (WI - R)
- Matthew 'Matt' Salmon (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen J. 'Steve' Scalise (LA - R)
- David Schweikert (AZ - R)
- James Austin Scott (GA - R)
- Frank James 'Jim' Sensenbrenner Jr. (WI - R)
- Peter A. 'Pete' Sessions (TX - R)
- Bill Shuster (PA - R)
- Michael K. 'Mike' Simpson (ID - R)
- Lamar S. Smith (TX - R)
- Adrian M. Smith (NE - R)
- William Steve Southerland (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Stewart (UT - R)
- Steve Stivers (OH - R)
- Steve Stockman (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Marlin A. Stutzman (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lee R. Terry (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Glenn William 'GT' Thompson Jr. (PA - R)
- William M. 'Mac' Thornberry (TX - R)
- Patrick J. 'Pat' Tiberi (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott R. Tipton (CO - R)
- Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton (MI - R)
- David G. Valadao (CA - R)
- Ann Wagner (MO - R)
- Timothy L. 'Tim' Walberg (MI - R)
- Greg P. Walden (OR - R)
- Jackie Walorski (IN - R)
- Randy K. Weber Sr. (TX - R)
- Daniel Webster (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Addison Graves 'Joe' Wilson Sr. (SC - R)
- Robert J. 'Rob' Wittman (VA - R)
- Stephen Allen 'Steve' Womack (AR - R)
- Robert 'Rob' Woodall (GA - R)
- Kevin W. Yoder (KS - R)
- Todd C. Young (IN - R) (Out Of Office)