Nicholas V. Lampson on Labor & Wages

DemocratTX

Labor & Wages59 votes · 87.2/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

105 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 59 of them counted toward the score above: 56 toward “Worker priority” and 3 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 46 did not count: 46 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1997-03-19	Working Families Flexibility Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 1, TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO PROVIDE COMPENSATORY TIME FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.)H.R. 1 · 105th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Worker priority
1997-03-19	(HOUSE REJECTED THE MILLER OF CALIFORNIA AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, AS MODIFIED, THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM SOLICITING EMPLOYEES TO TAKE COMPENSATORY TIME; REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EMPLOYEE DECISION TO ACCEPT IT; PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM OFFERING COMPENSATORY TIME UNLESS THE EMPLOYER OFFERS ALL EMPLOYEES 24 HOURS OF LEAVE THAT MAY BE USED FOR FAMILY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR MEDICAL CARE; PROHIBIT COMPENSATORY TIME TO EMPLOYEES WHO WORK LESS THAN 35 HOURS PER WEEK, WORK LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, ARE SEASONAL, OR ARE EMPLOYED IN THE CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURAL, GARMENT, OR ANY INDUSTRY DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR; PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT DENY COMPENSATORY TIME WHERE THE LEAVE IS PROTECTED BY THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT; LIMIT THE MAXIMUM HOURS ACCRUED TO 80 HOURS ANNUALLY; SPECIFY THAT EMPLOYERS MAY NOT CONDITION BENEFITS OR AVAILABILITY OF OVERTIME UPON AN EMPLOYEE'S DECISION TO ACCEPT, REJECT, OR USE COMPENSATORY TIME; AND CREATE A COMMISSION ON WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY.)H.R. 1 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Worker priority
1997-03-19	(HOUSE REJECTED THE OWENS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO EXEMPT EMPLOYEES WHO EARN LESS THAN 2.5 TIMES THE MINIMUM WAGE.)H.R. 1 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Worker priority
1997-03-19	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE BOYD AMENDMENT THAT SUNSETS THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMPENSATORY TIME PROVISION AFTER FIVE YEARS.)H.R. 1 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Worker priority
1997-03-19	H.R.1 BY BALLENGER (R-NC) -- WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE GOODLING EN BLOC AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT OF AT LEAST 1,000 HOURS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR BEFORE AN EMPLOYEE MAY AGREE TO OR RECEIVE COMPENSATORY TIME AND REDUCES THE MAXIMUM HOURS OF COMPENSATORY TIME ACCRUED BY THE EMPLOYEE FROM 240 TO 160 HOURS.)H.R. 1 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Worker priority

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Worker priority / Employer priority axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.