 Authored for PolicyMic.On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Working Families Flexibility Act, which would give hourly
private-sector workers the option to reject overtime pay in in favor of
compensatory time off. The Senate is unlikely to take up the
legislation, as Democrats vociferously oppose it. Their reasoning would
make more sense if their arguments were more consistent. Under the legislation, comp time would accumulate at the rate of 1.5
hours per hour of overtime worked, employees would be permitted to
accumulate a maximum of 160 hours annually, and employers would be
required to pay out unused time at termination. |
