A bill to amend the Walsh-Healey Act and the Contract Work Hours Standards Act to permit certain employees to work a ten-hour day in the case of a four-day workweek, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

14 May 1979

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Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Summary

Amends the Walsh-Healey Act to permit government contractors to have their employees work a four-day workweek consisting of four ten-hour days. Amends the Contract Work Hours Standards Act to revise overtime guidelines to accommodate such a workweek. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to increase the minimum rate of overtime pay to two times regular pay.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1126
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