Public Sector Workers Can't Be Fired at Will: Missing Point in Bill Ending Mandatory Overtime Pay

A Washington Post article on a bill passed by the House, which would allow employers to give workers time-and-a-half credit for overtime hours, instead of time-and-a-half pay, likely misled many readers on the substance of the bill. The very first sentence told readers the bill:

"...would allow private-sector employees to exchange overtime pay for 'compensatory time' off."

This is not true. The bill does not give the employee the right to say they would prefer compensatory time for wor...