Allows private employers to offer employees compensatory time off in place of overtime pay for five years, with accrued time capped at 160 hours.

• Lets employees who work at least 1,000 hours for an employer receive time off at one and one-half hours for each overtime hour instead of overtime pay.
• Permits this arrangement only under a union contract or a written, voluntary agreement made before the work is performed, and bars employers from pressuring workers to use or avoid the time.
• Requires employers to pay out unused time within 31 days after each covered period, on 30 days' notice when a policy ends, within 30 days of a written employee request, or when employment ends, with liability for violations.
• Directs the Labor Department to update employer notice materials within 30 days, and requires the Comptroller General to report on use and enforcement annually for four years.

• Education and Workforce Committee (House)

Labor and Employment