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H.R. 2262 (119th): 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.

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Recorded summary

The bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act so that certain voluntary training outside an employee's regular working hours does not count as hours worked, even if the employer offers it. The exclusion applies only if declining the training does not adversely affect the employee's working conditions and the employee performs no work for the employer during the training.

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Theological note: The bill raises labor-justice questions about fair wages, honest dealing with workers, and whether voluntary training is truly free of employer pressure. Scripture's concern for just wages and against oppression of laborers makes the protective conditions relevant, but the measure's core is a prudential adjustment to wage-and-hour definitions.

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Recorded votes

Roll 18 · 13-Jan-2026 4:59 PM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 209 · Nay 213 · Other 9

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Roll 19 · 13-Jan-2026 5:51 PM · On Passage · Failed

Yea 209 · Nay 215 · Other 7

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