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The WSJ reported that the proposal would have required private-sector employers with more than 500 employees to pay hourly workers overtime after logging more than 32 hours a week.

UPS would also be prevented from requiring drivers to work overtime on their scheduled days off.

As a result of that bill, drivers would have qualified for the kind of benefits typically offered to employees, such as unemployment insurance, overtime pay and sick/paid leave.

It includes a host of other improvements including overtime pay, holiday pay and scheduling.

Leaders have an obligation to democratize data, making it possible for everyone in the organization to access, collect and tap into data overtime.

Notably, the law also establishes: Increased overtime wages or compensation with up to five additional holidays.

In the midst of a labor shortage, companies are raising hourly wages (66%), increasing bonuses (52%) and offering overtime pay (39%) in efforts to improve retention rates .

Expectations include tracking the beginning, end and duration of working hours, plus overtime and breaks, using an objective, reliable and accessible system that not only collects the data but records it so that compliance with daily and weekly maximum working hours can be verified, employment law attorneys at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP said in a recent advisory.

In manufacturing, the average workweek was little changed at 39.9 hours, and overtime edged down by 0.1 hour to 2.8 hours.

Under FLSA, employees are eligible for protections such as the minimum wage or overtime pay that don’t apply to independent contractors.