A bill to raise the overtime compensation requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 from one and one-half times to two times the regular rate; to reduce for overtime purposes the number of hours in a workweek from forty hours to thirty-two hours in six steps over eight years; to prohibit the scheduling of overtime without the consent of the worker; and for other purposes.
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum rate of overtime pay to two times the rate of regular pay.
Reduces, in six steps over an eight-year period, the maximum hours which an employee must work in order to qualify for overtime pay to 32 hours. Decreases the number of hours which certain employees who are excepted from the present 40 per week maximum hour rule must work in order to qualify for overtime pay.
Prohibits any employer from scheduling an employee to work overtime without the employee's consent. Sets forth a formula for determining liquidated damages for violations of such prohibition.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.
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