Flexibility for Workers Education Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude time spent attending voluntary workplace education or training programs from "hours worked" for pay purposes. It directly affects employees who participate in such programs outside regular work hours and employers who offer them. Key provisions require that participation must occur outside regular hours, be truly voluntary (with no negative impact on employment), and not involve productive work for the employer. As a result, employers are no longer required to pay for this time, aligning with existing exclusions for activities like changing clothes under workplace agreements.
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Sep 2023
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Introduced Sep 21, 2023
Last action Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Sep 21, 2023
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upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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Ted Budd
RRepublican
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James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Mike Braun
RRepublican
Co
Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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