119th Congress · House
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
Subjects: Child care and development · Family services · Labor standards · Wages and earnings · Labor and Employment
In plain language
- House bill in the 119th Congress.
- Excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime.
- House procedural vote rejected on Jan 13, 2026 (procedural).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay. Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without the value of the services being included in this calculation.
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Roll-call votes on this measure
- proceduralJan 13, 2026 · House · Failed
On Motion to Recommit — H R 2270 — Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act