Compensatory Time Vs. Cash Wages : Amending the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Examines proposals in the 108th Congress to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 to allow private sector employers to offer employees compensatory time off in lieu of cash wages for overtime hours worked. Discusses regulating hours of work, including origins of the regulatory impulse an...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Business. Government productivity. Hours of labor. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines proposals in the 108th Congress to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 to allow private sector employers to offer employees compensatory time off in lieu of cash wages for overtime hours worked. Discusses regulating hours of work, including origins of the regulatory impulse and a changing workforce psychology, compensatory time off proposals in the 108th Congress, and issues in the debate, including flexibility under FLSA, worker eligibility and participation, bureaucracy and paperwork, and the economics of deferred income.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.