PRINTER'S NO. 984
No. 861 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY SURRA, BELARDI, SHANER, STABACK, BIANCUCCI, CALTAGIRONE, COSTA, CURRY, DALEY, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GERGELY, GOOD, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LEACH, LESCOVITZ, SCAVELLO, STURLA, TANGRETTI, THOMAS AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 14, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 14, 2005
AN ACT 1 Providing for restrictions on overtime required by employers. 2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 3 hereby enacts as follows: 4 Section 1. Short title. 5 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Restricted 6 Overtime Act. 7 Section 2. Definitions. 8 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall 9 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the 10 context clearly indicates otherwise: 11 "Overtime." Any period of time that an employee is required 12 to work in excess of 40 hours within one week. 13 Section 3. Right of refusal. 14 An employee shall have the right to refuse to work in excess 15 of eight hours overtime. 16 Section 4. Termination.
1 No employee who refuses to work in excess of eight hours 2 overtime shall be terminated or otherwise discriminated against 3 on the basis of that refusal. 4 Section 5. Effective date. 5 This act shall take effect immediately. B1L43JS/20050H0861B0984 - 2 -