2017: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Revise Time And A Half Overtime Rules
To Allow Employees To Receive Compensatory Time Instead. In May 2017,
Fitzpatrick voted against the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017.
According to Congressional Quarterly, the legislation would "allow
private-sector employers to provide non-exempt employees compensatory
time off at a rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime work. To be
eligible, employees would be required to have worked at least 1,000
hours in a 12-month period. Employees would be limited to 160 hours of
compensatory time and employers would be required to provide monetary
compensation by Jan. 31, for any unused compensatory time accrued during
the preceding year. The bill's provisions would sunset five years after
enactment." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote
of 229 to 197. The Senate took no substantive action on the legislation.
[House Vote 244, 5/2/17;
Congressional Quarterly, 5/2/17;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
1180]
2017: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Prohibiting Federal Contracts For
Contractors Who Have "Willfully Or Repeatedly" Violated The FLSA. In
September 2017, Fitzpatrick voted against an amendment that would have,
according to Congressional Quarterly, "prohibit[ed] funding
appropriated by the bill from being used to enter into contracts with
federal contractors who have willfully or repeatedly violated the Fair
Labor Standards Act." The underlying legislation was a legislative
vehicle for an FY 2018 Omnibus appropriations bill. The House rejected
the amendment by a vote of 191 to 226. [House Vote 514,
9/13/17; Congressional
Quarterly, 9/13/17; Congressional
Actions, H. Amdt.
427;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
3354]