Flexibility for Workers Education Act
Flexibility for Workers Education Act This bill modifies the definition of hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any work for the employer during the training.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- employers covered by federal wage and hour lawThey no longer have to count voluntary education or training time held outside a worker's regular hours as paid hours for minimum wage or overtime, even when they offer or arrange the program themselves.
- workers who turn down an employer-offered programThe unpaid treatment applies only if attendance was voluntary and the employer takes no adverse action against a worker for declining; if the employer does punish a worker for declining, the time is not excluded and counts as paid hours.
Who it burdens
- hourly workers who attend training outside their scheduled shiftHours they spend at a voluntary education or training program outside their regular working hours are excluded from the hours used to calculate their minimum wage pay and overtime, so that time carries no pay claim.
The provisions, in plain language.
Time a worker spends at an education or training program outside their regular working hours does not count toward the hours used to figure their minimum wage pay or their overtime, even if the employer offers or sets up the program. This applies to hours worked on or after the day the Act becomes law.
That time only goes uncounted if going was the worker's own choice. If the employer punishes a worker for not attending, the time still counts as paid work hours.
If the worker does any work for the employer while attending the program, that time still counts as paid work hours.
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How members voted on Flexibility for Workers Education Act.
Recorded roll calls on this bill, most recent first. Open one to see each member's position.
How it moved.
Show all 19 actions
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19).
- Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19).
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 213 (Roll no. 18).
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H692-693)
- POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2262, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Norcross demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Mr. Norcross moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Workforce. (text: CR H680-681)
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2262.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 988. (consideration: CR H677-681; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H677-678)
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 988 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-423.
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 13.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Introduced in House
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19).
- Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 215 (Roll no. 19).
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 213 (Roll no. 18).
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 988 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2988, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312 and H.R. 4366. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-423.
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 13.
- Introduced in House
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Civic Herald. “Flexibility for Workers Education Act (H.R. 2262, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-2262. Congress.gov record as of Jun 11, 2026.