US Congress House Bill 1981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Employee Bonus Protection Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from the regular rate at which an employee is employed (and at which overtime compensation is calculated) any sums paid in recognition of services performed during a given period if the payments are made to reward an employee or group of employees for meeting or exceeding the productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals specified in writing in a gainsharing plan, incentive bonus plan, commission plan, or performance contingent bonus plan and made available to the employees. The amount of the payments made under the plan (and excluded from calculation of overtime compensation) must be: based upon a formula stated in the plan, and established and maintained in good faith for the purpose of distributing to employees additional remuneration over and above the wages and salaries that are not dependent upon the existence of the plan or payments made pursuant to it.

Employee Bonus Protection Act

Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2015-04-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-04-23	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1981/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1981/BILLS-114hr1981ih.pdf