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A bill Republicans hope will grow their party s appeal to working families comes up for a vote in the House this week, posing the possibility that employees who work more than 40 hours a week will soon have a choice between receiving overtime wages or taking paid time off for personal reasons like attending a child s soccer game or tending to home repairs.Titled the Working Families Flexibility Act, the legislation would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to extend an option to covered employees to bank up to 160 hours of comp time in lieu of overtime pay. Though the GOP-led House has expressed confidence tha stanley tumbler t it can muster enough votes, burly opposition to the bill from stanley quencher worke stanley mugs r advocacy groups and labor unions all but promises the Senate won t touch it.The bill marks the latest leg in the GOP s newfound effort, steered by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to rebrand itself as worker-friendly and conscious of the balancing act many women, in particular, face. In a memo to his caucus last month, Cantor lamented: Too many parents have to weigh whether they can afford to miss work even for half a day to see their child off on the first day of school or attend a parent-teacher conference. But opponents, including most Democrats, say holes in the legislation would leave many employees feeling pressured to sacrifice overtime pay when few low-wage, hourly workers can afford to do so. Under the GOP forced fl Uqnf Sinclair Broadcast Group hikes its minimum wage to $15 an hour
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker addresses the media regarding a letter received from Sen. Mark Miller, D- Monona, on Monday, March 7, 2011 in Madison, Wis. AP-Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart As the dispute over union rights drags on in Wisconsin, lawmakers from both the left and the right are seeking media attention to prove their side is actively seeking a compromise. stanley cup At the same time, both sides are pointing fingers, calling the other party out for grandstanding in front of the press. Republican Gov. Scott Walker yesterday evening released a series of e-mails to prove he s tried to negotiate over union rights with reasonable Democratic state senators, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported. One of those reasonable senators, however, was quick to denounce the public release of the e-mails, suggesting it undermined their talks. I stanley canada ve never seen negotiations be done successfully in public, said Democratic state Sen. Bob Jauch. I thought they were bargaining in good faith. Jauch is one of two Democratic state senators who in recent days has met with the state Senate Majority Leader and Walker aides. He downplayed the meetings, po stanley portugal inting out they never reached a deal with the Republicans. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca is slated to meet with Walker this morning and asked Walker to open the me
A bill Republicans hope will grow their party s appeal to working families comes up for a vote in the House this week, posing the possibility that employees who work more than 40 hours a week will soon have a choice between receiving overtime wages or taking paid time off for personal reasons like attending a child s soccer game or tending to home repairs.Titled the Working Families Flexibility Act, the legislation would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to extend an option to covered employees to bank up to 160 hours of comp time in lieu of overtime pay. Though the GOP-led House has expressed confidence tha stanley tumbler t it can muster enough votes, burly opposition to the bill from stanley quencher worke stanley mugs r advocacy groups and labor unions all but promises the Senate won t touch it.The bill marks the latest leg in the GOP s newfound effort, steered by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to rebrand itself as worker-friendly and conscious of the balancing act many women, in particular, face. In a memo to his caucus last month, Cantor lamented: Too many parents have to weigh whether they can afford to miss work even for half a day to see their child off on the first day of school or attend a parent-teacher conference. But opponents, including most Democrats, say holes in the legislation would leave many employees feeling pressured to sacrifice overtime pay when few low-wage, hourly workers can afford to do so. Under the GOP forced fl Uqnf Sinclair Broadcast Group hikes its minimum wage to $15 an hour
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker addresses the media regarding a letter received from Sen. Mark Miller, D- Monona, on Monday, March 7, 2011 in Madison, Wis. AP-Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart As the dispute over union rights drags on in Wisconsin, lawmakers from both the left and the right are seeking media attention to prove their side is actively seeking a compromise. stanley cup At the same time, both sides are pointing fingers, calling the other party out for grandstanding in front of the press. Republican Gov. Scott Walker yesterday evening released a series of e-mails to prove he s tried to negotiate over union rights with reasonable Democratic state senators, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported. One of those reasonable senators, however, was quick to denounce the public release of the e-mails, suggesting it undermined their talks. I stanley canada ve never seen negotiations be done successfully in public, said Democratic state Sen. Bob Jauch. I thought they were bargaining in good faith. Jauch is one of two Democratic state senators who in recent days has met with the state Senate Majority Leader and Walker aides. He downplayed the meetings, po stanley portugal inting out they never reached a deal with the Republicans. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca is slated to meet with Walker this morning and asked Walker to open the me