Legislative Background
Recent Action on Overtime Pay
In recent years, Democrats, joined by Republicans in Northeastern States, have formed a strong enough voting bloc to fend off attempts to overhaul most Federal workplace laws. Nevertheless, proposals to change the current workplace laws fared well in the first session of the 108th Congress. Family Time Flexibility Act On March 6, 2003, Representative Judy Biggert (IL-R) introduced H.R. 1119, dubbed the Family Time Flexibility Act, to allow private-sector workers to trade overtime hours worked for comp time to spend with their families. The bill would not apply to executives, public-sector workers, or those covered under collective bargaining agreements. The…
