Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1332 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. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Thirty-Two Hour 4 Workweek Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT. 6 The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 7 201 et seq.) is amended— 8 (1) in section 7(a) (29 U.S.C. 207(a))— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:19 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1332.IH H1332 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1332 IH (A) in paragraph (1)— 1 (i) by striking ‘‘commerce, for a work- 2 week longer than forty hours’’ and all that 3 follows through the period and inserting 4 ‘‘commerce—’’; and 5 (ii) by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 ‘‘(A) for a workweek longer than thirty-two 8 hours unless such employee receives compensa- 9 tion for his employment in excess of the hours 10 above specified at a rate not less than one and 11 one-half times the regular rate at which he is 12 employed; and 13 ‘‘(B) for a workday longer than— 14 ‘‘(i) eight hours unless such employee 15 receives compensation for his employment 16 in excess of the hours above specified at a 17 rate not less than one and one-half times 18 the regular rate at which he is employed; 19 and 20 ‘‘(ii) twelve hours unless such em- 21 ployee receives compensation for his em- 22 ployment in excess of the hours above 23 specified at a rate not less than double 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:19 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1332.IH H1332 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1332 IH times the regular rate at which he is em- 1 ployed.’’; and 2 (B) in paragraph (2)— 3 (i) in the matter that precedes sub- 4 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘Fair Labor 5 Standards Amendments of 1966’’ and in- 6 serting ‘‘Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act’’; 7 and 8 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) 9 through (C) and inserting the following: 10 ‘‘(A) for a workweek longer than thirty- 11 eight hours during the 1-year period beginning 12 not less than 180 days after the date of the en- 13 actment of the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek 14 Act, 15 ‘‘(B) for a workweek longer than thirty-six 16 hours during the second year after the first day 17 of such period, 18 ‘‘(C) for a workweek longer than thirty- 19 four hours during the third year after the first 20 day of such period, or 21 ‘‘(D) for a workweek longer than thirty- 22 two hours after the expiration of the third year 23 after the first day of such period,’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:19 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1332.IH H1332 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1332 IH (2) in section 18(a) (29 U.S.C. 218(a)) by in- 1 serting ‘‘or workday’’ after ‘‘workweek’’ in each 2 place it occurs. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:19 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1332.IH H1332 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS