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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Allowing exempt employees compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay provides another option for work-life balance. Some workers prefer more time off over more money and wouldn’t mind swapping ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is an organization dedicated to making labor as cheap as possible to enrich the one percent as much as possible. So, it was no surprise that Leonard Court, the Chamber’s ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Overtime or comp time? Which one suits you best? Both you and your boss may agree it would be best for you to work a sixth day when a big project is due in March, and then take off for a long weekend ...

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.