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Lynn C. Woolsey: “supporters of H.R. 1 are pitching it as comp time, a bill to give workers more time with their families. Well, we all…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1997
supporters of H.R. 1 are pitching it as comp time, a bill to give workers more time with their families. Well, we all need to spend more time with our families. But H.R. 1 does not ensure workers can do that. H.R. 1 is not cover time. H.R. 1 is chump time. It is chump time for the employee, because the boss, not employee, makes all the decisions. The employer decides whether to offer comp time in the first place, who gets it, and when the employee can take it. Comp time does no good if one cannot plan for it. Under H.R. 1, a mom who works overtime in March cannot count on using earned comp time to take her kids to the doctor in April. Her employer can deny scheduled comp time just by claiming that it would be unduly disruptive to the business. That is not comp time; that is chump time. And American workers, Mr. Chairman, are not chumps. Vote against H.R. 1, the chump time bill.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Opposing H.R. 1, which is presented as a comp time bill for workers.

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