Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act (H.R. 2270)
March 21, 2025
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The Frame
The bill changes how overtime pay is calculated for employees who receive employer-sponsored child or elder care benefits, potentially lowering the total overtime pay amount for those workers.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Employees receiving employer-provided child or elder care
These employees may see a change in their overtime pay calculation if their employer provides care services or reimbursements.
Employers providing child or elder care benefits
These employers would no longer be required to include the value of these benefits in the calculation of overtime pay for their staff.
Last recorded activity March 21, 2025.
Introduced.
Summary
Why It Matters
The bill changes how overtime pay is calculated for employees who receive employer-sponsored child or elder care benefits, potentially lowering the total overtime pay amount for those workers.
Key Facts
- The bill amends Section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
- Employer payments or reimbursements for child or dependent care services are excluded from the 'regular rate' calculation for overtime.
- The value of any child or dependent care services provided directly by an employer is excluded from the 'regular rate' calculation for overtime.
- The changes apply to workweeks beginning on or after the date of the bill's enactment.
- The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on March 21, 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will this bill change my hourly wage?
How does this affect my overtime pay?
News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
419
Yes
207
No
212
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (419)
Barry Moore
R · no
William Keating
D · yes
Jack Bergman
R · no
Andrew Clyde
R · no
Christopher Deluzio
D · yes
Morgan Luttrell
R · no
Tom McClintock
R · no
Jennifer Kiggans
R · no
Pete Sessions
R · no
Nicholas Begich
R · no
Ron Estes
R · no
Vern Buchanan
R · no
Julia Letlow
R · no
Michael Lawler
R · no
Thomas Kean
R · no
Sanford Bishop
D · yes
Earl Carter
R · no
Byron Donalds
R · no
Seth Moulton
D · yes
Julie Johnson
D · yes
Blake Moore
R · no
Brandon Gill
R · no
Johnny Olszewski
D · yes
Jamie Raskin
D · yes
+ 395 more
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Exclusion of Benefits from Overtime Base
The bill seeks to standardize the exclusion of care-related benefits from overtime calculations, similar to how other fringe benefits are treated under the FLSA.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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