Proposal Would Allow Workers to Bank Paid Leave in Exchange for Overtime.
By Harry Wessel, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 4--Here's an idea: Rather than getting time-and-a-half pay for those 10 hours of overtime you worked this week, you can bank 15 hours of paid leave that you can take pretty much whenever you want.
This time-or-money compensation concept is at the core of a proposal nearing passage in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Family Time Flexibility Act -- with 110 co-sponsors, including seven from Florida -- is scheduled for a floor vote Thursday. The act would give the pr
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