Cass Ballenger: “employees want more flexibility and choice in their work schedules. Unfortunately, there is a provision in the Federal…”

“employees want more flexibility and choice in their work schedules. Unfortunately, there is a provision in the Federal law which prevents employers from being able to provide their employees with flexibility in one area: giving them the choice of paid comp time or cash wages for working overtime. The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections recently heard testimony from witnesses in support of the Working Families Flexibility Act, which would allow employers to offer employees their choice of time or money. As Peter Faust, an employee with the Opportunity Village in Iowa said, "There are a lot of ways to make money in this country and lots of ways to spend it, but there's only one way to spend time with yourself, family, or friends, and that's to have time to spend." Linda Smith, an employee with the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, FL, testified that she could save her overtime hours up for furthering her education, taking care of a debilitated parent or spending time with her young daughter. Please support the needs of these employees and others by supporting H.R. 1, the Working Families Flexibility Act.”