# H.R. 2262 (119th): Flexibility for Workers Education Act

Flexibility for Workers Education Act This 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: education_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fair_labor_standards. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: labor_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: training_flexibility. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: training_programs. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: workforce_development. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 18: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 19: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill pursues a plausible prudential good, workforce training flexibility, while its wage-and-hour change raises real concerns about pressure on workers and the scope of compensable time. Its stated safeguards are substantive, but the moral direction depends on how they work in practice, so it is not a clear restraint of named evil or a clear advancement of one.
Theological note: The bill raises labor-justice questions about fair wages, honest dealing with workers, and whether voluntary training is truly free of employer pressure. Scripture's concern for just wages and against oppression of laborers makes the protective conditions relevant, but the measure's core is a prudential adjustment to wage-and-hour definitions.

## Recorded votes

Roll 18: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 209 · Nay 213 · Other 9.
Roll 19: On Passage. Yea 209 · Nay 215 · Other 7.

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