The U.S. House of Representatives will consider amending the federal Fair Labor Standards Act to permit private-sector employers to offer compensatory time off in lieu of monetary overtime ...

Bill would give workers the option of being compensated in time or cash Democrats and union officials doubt it would give workers enough protections Opponents are concerned it would allow businesses ...

Many employees request time off instead of pay when they work overtime or are scheduled to work extra days including weekends, and you may be quick to oblige their wishes in an effort to be responsive ...

On April 5, the House Education and Workforce Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections is holding a hearing on the Working Families Flexibility Act, which Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) is once ...

Q: Can a private employer require its employees to take “comp time” rather than paying them overtime? A: The Fair Labor Standards Act defines compensatory time off as paid time away from the job that ...

Overtime or comp time? Which one suits you best? Both you and your boss may agree it would be best for you to work a sixth day when a big project is due in March, and then take off for a long weekend ...

The only way most employers can avoid paying overtime compensation to an employee who works extra hours is to keep that employee from exceeding 40 hours by giving that employee time off in the same ...

In the 1991 round of collective negotiations with United University Professions (UUP), the union took the position that many supervisors and campus administrators were not familiar with compensatory ...

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Q: We have a team of nonexempt hourly employees who will soon be putting in significant overtime for an important project. May we compensate them for their overtime work with additional paid vacation ...

Though officers cannot take on regular patrol duties during their comp time, they are allowed to take extra-duty jobs watching over construction sites on Hamden’s roads. That means that in some cases, ...