Sue Myrick: “the beauty of comp time is that it empowers the employees, the hard-working moms and dads of America, to have the…”

“the beauty of comp time is that it empowers the employees, the hard-working moms and dads of America, to have the flexibility to meet the responsibility of parenting. This bill allows today's employees to choose whether to take paid time off or to have additional overtime pay. With comp time a working mom will never again be forced to choose between spending time with her child or working long enough to provide food and shelter. Comp time allows mom and dad to have the flexibility to spend more time with their families, more time to take their child to the doctor, or to care for an elderly family relative, and they will do so without the loss of wages on which they depend. While both men and women are affected by this dilemma, the burden seems to fall particularly hard on many working women. In fact, recent national polling data indicates 70 to 75 percent of working women support changing labor laws so that employers and employees have the flexibility to decide whether an employee receives cash or personal time for their overtime. Comp time is pro-family, pro-worker, and when we really think about it, a pro-child approach to provide relief to the hard-working men and women across our Nation who struggle daily to support their families.”