'Seriously flawed' bill would 'take cash out of the pocket' of US workers

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that has been criticized for supposedly revoking private sector employees’ right to get paid for working overtime hours under the pretense of offering conditional time off.

The Working Families Flexibilities Act, which passed by a 223-203 vote along party lines, would allow employers to substitute “comp time” instead of paying hourly workers time and a half for every hour worked over 40 hours, the standard full-time commitment in the US.

[link to rt.com]