Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
In progressEmpowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay. Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without the value of the services being included in this calculation.
Jan 13, 2026POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2270 is postponed.
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The Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude child and dependent care services from the calculation of overtime compensation. This aims to incentivize employers to provide such benefits without increasing their overtime liabilities.