Martha Roby: “I thank the chairwoman, and again, I appreciate her leadership for moving this bill through committee and for getting it…”

“I thank the chairwoman, and again, I appreciate her leadership for moving this bill through committee and for getting it ready through the Rules Committee so that we can be here on the floor tomorrow. Again, I appreciate her leadership on this and many, many other issues that she does on a daily basis to fight for Americans, in this case, Americans that are subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act that would benefit from this amendment in the private sector. {time} 2000 I want to go back. I have two more myths that I would like to address. Here is the myth: the Working Families Flexibility Act will allow employers to force workers to take comp time instead of cash payments for overtime. The fact is that the Working Families Flexibility Act prohibits worker coercion. The decision to use compensatory time is completely voluntary. An employee who prefers to receive cash payments for overtime hours worked is always free to do that. It explicitly prohibits an employer from directly or indirectly intimidating, threatening, or coercing; or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce an employee into taking or not taking compensatory time. An employer who violates these anticoercion provisions will be liable to the affected employee for double damages which includes both the amount of the comp time and an equal amount in cash wages. In addition to new provisions prohibiting coercion, H.R.…”