S 2878 United States Senate · 118th Congress

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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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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