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Sec. 3 · H.R. 2870

Remedies

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Introduced · Sec. 3

Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking (b) Any employer and inserting (b) Except as provided in subsection (f), any employer; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) An employer that violates section 7(t)(4) shall be liable to the employee affected in the amount of the rate of compensation (determined in accordance with section 7(t)(6)(A)) for each hour of compensatory time accrued by the employee and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages reduced by the amount of such rate of compensation for each hour of compensatory time used by such employee..

•HR 2870 IHSEC. 3
Committee version · Sec. 3

Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking (b) Any employer and inserting (b) Except as provided in subsection (f), any employer; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) An employer that violates section 7(t)(4) shall be liable to the employee affected in the amount of the rate of compensation (determined in accordance with section 7(t)(6)(A)) for each hour of compensatory time accrued by the employee and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages reduced by the amount of such rate of compensation for each hour of compensatory time used by such employee..

•HR 2870 RHSEC. 3

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