Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1158 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1158 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2025 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY TIME. Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by inserting after subsection (q) the following: ``(r) Compensatory Time Off for Private Employees.-- ``(1) General rule.--An employee may receive, in accordance with this subsection and in lieu of monetary overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required by this section. ``(2) Conditions.--An employer may provide compensatory time to employees under paragraph (1) only if such time is provided in accordance with-- ``(A) applicable provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the labor organization that has been certified or recognized as the representative of the employees under applicable law; or ``(B) in the case of employees who are not represented by a labor organization that has been certified or recognized as the representative of such e