Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
Summary
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines qualified trade-of-time arrangement as an arrangement under which two firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 18, 2021
Last action Mar 18, 2021
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Mar 18, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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