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Committee backs bill to exclude voluntary training from FLSA hours calculation
Summary
The committee approved HR 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, which would exclude certain voluntary professional-development activities from hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute and reported the bill; recorded committee tally 18 yeas, 13 nays.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced HR 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, voting to report the bill after adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The committee’s recorded vote to report the bill was 18 yeas and 13 nays.
Sponsor Representative Miller (R-Ill.) said the bill would remove a disincentive for employers to offer voluntary professional development to hourly employees by excluding certain voluntary training from the calculation of…
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