# 114-hr-1981: Employee Bonus Protection Act

114-hr-1981, Employee Bonus Protection Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-1981
- Congress: 114
- Title: Employee Bonus Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Introduced: 2015-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Employee Bonus Protection Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from the regular rate at which an employee is employed (and at which overtime compensation is calculated) any sums paid in recognition of services performed during a given period if the payments are made to reward an employee or group of employees for meeting or exceeding the productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals specified in writing in a gainsharing plan, incentive bonus plan, commission plan, or performance contingent bonus plan and made available to the employees. The amount of the payments made under the plan (and excluded from calculation of overtime compensation) must be: based upon a formula stated in the plan, and established and maintained in good faith for the purpose of distributing to employees additional remuneration over and above the wages and salaries that are not dependent upon the existence of the plan or payments made pursuant to it.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] (R-CA), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12] (R-TX), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] (R-CA), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- MATT SALMON (R-AZ), 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2015-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] (R-CA), 2015-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] (R-MI), 2015-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- WILLIAM THORNBERRY (R-TX), 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- 114-hr-2903: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015
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## Sources
- [114-hr-1981 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1981)

## Related
- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
- [114-hr-2903: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2903)
- [114-hr-1475: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1475)
- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1981 (as of 2025-11-18).