Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

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Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Requires overtime pay for many workers after 32 hours per week or 8 hours per day.

This bill would change federal overtime rules, requiring employers to pay many workers overtime after 32 hours in a workweek. It would also add new daily overtime rules. This would mean many hourly employees become eligible for overtime pay sooner.

What Would Change

Today, most employers must pay overtime to hourly workers after they work more than 40 hours in a week. There are generally no federal daily overtime requirements. If this bill became law, employers would need to pay overtime after 32 hours in a workweek, and also after 8 hours in a workday (or double pay after 12 hours).

Key Provisions

Requires employers to pay overtime at one and a half times the regular rate for workweeks longer than 32 hours.
Requires employers to pay overtime at one and a half times the regular rate for hours worked over 8 but not over 12 in a workday.
Requires employers to pay double the regular rate for hours worked over 12 in a workday.
Phases in the 32-hour workweek for certain employees over three years, starting with 38 hours, then 36, then 34, before reaching 32 hours.
Blocks employers from cutting an employee's total pay or benefits when these new overtime rules apply to them.
Adjusts existing exceptions for certain employees, like those in hospitals, to reflect the new 32-hour standard workweek.

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HR 10323 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

What Would Change

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