Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017

Sponsor: Martha Roby (R-AL)

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 2, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of not less than 1 1/2 hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. The bill prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time.

Labor and Employment Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.