This mother would much rather have compensatory time off instead of cash for working overtime. She wants and needs a more flexible schedule. She is not alone. American parents, especially mothers, feel the stress of working more than ever before. They need more scheduling options than the law now permits to accommodate family and office obligations.
Current law is simply too inflexible to meet their needs.
This is a long-overdue modernization of our labor laws. It would allow them to make voluntary arrangements with employers for flexible schedules. All hourly workers who would like a schedule tailored to meet the needs of their families. It will ease government's grip on the lives of working Americans. In two-thirds of American households with children, both the mother and father are employed outside the home.