H.R. 1332 – Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

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The Thirty‑Two Hour Workweek Act would change the Fair Labor Standards Act so that the standard workweek is cut from 40 hours to 32 hours. It would require employers to pay overtime for any work beyond the new limit, affecting most hourly workers covered by the FLSA. The change is phased in over three years before becoming permanent.

Key Provisions

Overtime pay is required for any workweek longer than 32 hours at a rate of at least time‑and‑a‑half the regular wage.
Overtime for a workday longer than eight hours is paid at time‑and‑a‑half, and for a workday longer than twelve hours at double the regular rate.
The reduction to a 32‑hour week is phased: 38 hours in the first year, 36 hours in the second year, 34 hours in the third year, and 32 hours thereafter.
The bill updates the name of the amendment in the statute and adds “or workday” language to the overtime provisions.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

March 1, 2023

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Introduced in House

March 1, 2023

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

March 1, 2023

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Introduced in HouseIssued March 1, 2023

I

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1332

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 1, 2023

Mr. Takano (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act.

2.

Fair Labor Standards Act

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended—

(1)

in section 7(a) (29 U.S.C. 207(a))—

(A)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

by striking commerce, for a workweek longer than forty hours and all that follows through the period and inserting commerce—; and

(ii)

by adding at the end the following:

(A)

for a workweek longer than thirty-two hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; and

(B)

for a workday longer than—

(i)

eight hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed; and

(ii)

twelve hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than double times the regular rate at which he is employed.

; and

(B)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in the matter that precedes subparagraph (A), by striking Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 and inserting Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act; and

(ii)

by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following:

(A)

for a workweek longer than thirty-eight hours during the 1-year period beginning not less than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act,

(B)

for a workweek longer than thirty-six hours during the second year after the first day of such period,

(C)

for a workweek longer than thirty-four hours during the third year after the first day of such period, or

(D)

for a workweek longer than thirty-two hours after the expiration of the third year after the first day of such period,

; and

(2)

in section 18(a) (29 U.S.C. 218(a)) by inserting or workday after workweek in each place it occurs.