Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
In Committee
Summary
optional compensatory time off in place of overtime pay for private-sector employees during a five-year period. It creates rules for who can opt in, how comp time accrues and pays out, and adds anti-coercion protections plus reporting and enforcement.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Protections and penalties for comp time
If enacted, this would bar employers from intimidating, threatening, coercing, or pressuring you about choosing or using comp time. Employers would have to let you use accrued comp time within a reasonable time unless doing so would unduly disrupt operations. If an employer violates the comp time rules, you would be able to recover money equal to your hourly comp‑time rate for each hour accrued plus an equal amount as liquidated damages, reduced by the hourly rate for hours you already used. This increases the potential monetary recovery employees could get for violations.
Comp time accrual and payout rules
If enacted, this would limit comp time accrual to 160 hours and require employers to pay unused comp time for a covered period no later than 31 days after that period ends. Employers could pay unused balances over 80 hours any time after giving at least 30 days' notice. If you signed a pre‑work agreement, you would be able to withdraw or request cash, and your employer would have to pay within 30 days. Payments must be at least the higher of your regular rate when earned or your final regular rate, and such payments would be treated as unpaid overtime compensation. You would also be paid for unused comp time when you leave your job.
Comp time option for overtime workers
If enacted, this would create a five‑year pilot letting some private‑sector workers choose paid comp time instead of overtime pay. You would need at least 1,000 hours with the same employer in a continuous 12‑month period to be eligible. Comp time would accrue at no less than 1.5 hours for each overtime hour. Comp time would be available only under a union agreement or a written, voluntary pre‑work agreement, and public employees would not be eligible.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
IL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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