Flexibility for Workers Education Act
Latest action (Jan 13, 2026) — Motion to reconsider Agreed to without objection.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Dec 30, 2025This bill modifies the definition of hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any work for the employer during the training.
Face Value
as reported to the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Jan 13, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Jan 13, 2026
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
2 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workersno position stated
“…Flexibility for Workers Education Act (H.R. 2262), and Save Local Business Act (H.R. 4366).” filing ↗
- International Franchise Associationno position stated
“…Nomination of Crystal Carey to be NRLB General Counsel. H.R. 2262, Flexibility for Workers Education Act.” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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