Flexibility for Workers Education Act failed a floor vote
IntroducedMar 21, 2025
ReportedApr 9, 2025
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 77 words.
Flexibility for Workers Education Act This bill modifies the definition of hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any work for the employer during the training.
Context
- Committees
- House Education and Workforce Committee
- Policy area
- Labor and Employment: 17 of 2,258 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 87 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 2, from introduced in house to reported in house · 248 words
- Subjects
- Employment and training programsLabor standardsWages and earnings
- Latest action
- Jan 13, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 988 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements con R · Agreed to
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]