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President Trump issued two executive orders condemning what he called widespread and illegal use of race and sex-based preferences and accusing Biden of forcing DEI into government.
The lawsuit argues that DEI-related firings disproportionately affected federal workers who are Black, women, non-binary, and people of color, as well as those seen as advocating for legally protected racial and gender groups.
The bill is called the Working Families Flexibility Act.
It would allow private companies to give workers the option of earning additional time off from work instead of traditional overtime pay.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires most workers be paid time and a half when they exceed 40 hours a week.
Republican sponsors of the bill say it would free workers to make their own decisions about how best to juggle work and family time.
Democrat and other opponents warn that workers could be pressured into accepting comp time in lieu of the overtime they've earned without a guarantee that they can take time off when they need to.
Similar bills have been introduced in years past but have never become law.
The bill was first introduced by Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine in April after President Trump issued an executive order terminating collective bargaining rights for roughly one million federal workers, citing national security concerns.
The bill, called the Protect America's Workforce Act, would nullify that executive order.
On Monday, two Republicans signed on to a discharge petition, reaching the necessary threshold to force a vote.
One of them, Congressman Mike Lawler of New York, said in a statement, every American deserves the right to have a voice in the workplace.
Despite multiple lawsuits challenging Trump's executive order, some federal agencies have already canceled collective bargaining agreements, while others are simply ignoring them.
The bill was first introduced by Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine in April after President Trump issued an executive order terminating collective bargaining rights for roughly one million federal workers, citing national security concerns.
The bill, called the Protect America's Workforce Act, would nullify that executive order.
On Monday, two Republicans signed on to a discharge petition, reaching the necessary threshold to force a vote.
One of them, Congressman Mike Lawler of New York, said in a statement, every American deserves the right to have a voice in the workplace.