TITLE

AN OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION: THE FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE ACT OF 1997

AUTHOR(S)

Barnett, Tim; McVea, Winston; Valentine, Sean; Green, Ken

PUB. DATE

March 1997

SOURCE

Labor Law Journal;Mar97, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p164

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article provides an overview of the proposed legislation "Family Friendly Workplace Act (FFWA)" by answering key questions about it. When in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was formed the most important concern was on long work hours and unemployment rate but with the passing time concern has shifted on balancing work and family responsibilities. Legislators have expressed concern that the workplace of 1990s require greater flexibility. FLSA now deprives employees of the right to order their daily lives on and off the job to meet responsibilities of work and home. Changes in the calculation and compensation of overtime hours could make the task easier. FFWA seeks to restructure the overtime pay system of the U.S. by allowing compensatory time in lieu of wages for overtime hours, bi-weekly calculation of hours worked and flexible credit hour accumulation. "Comp" time is the availability of time off in lieu of monetary overtime payments. Employees could accumulate no more than 240 total hours of compensatory time off.

ACCESSION #

4037955

Tags: LABOR laws & legislation -- United States;  WORK & family;  BUSINESS enterprises -- United States;  LEGISLATIVE bills;  OVERTIME pay;  EMPLOYEES;  WORKING hours;  WAGES

 

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