Excludes voluntary off-hours training from paid work time under federal wage law

§1What it does

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This bill would change the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal minimum wage and overtime law, so that time employees spend in voluntary training outside their regular working hours does not count as hours worked, even if the employer offers the training.^2,3 This would apply only if declining the training does not hurt the employee's working conditions and the employee does no work for the employer during it.³ The version the House voted on also kept current federal rules on whether instruction that is part of an apprenticeship program counts as work time.⁴

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§3How Congress voted

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