HB 6479 Summary

• Amends the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act to require employers with more than 50 employees to pay twice the regular hourly rate (double time) for work on six federal holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

• Requires all employers to pay at least 1.5 times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 hours per week, regardless of employee count.

• Provides exemptions for employers in fire protection, law enforcement, hospitals, and other specified industries, with alternative overtime calculation methods based on work periods and hour thresholds.

• Allows employees to receive compensatory time off instead of monetary overtime pay at a rate of 1.5 hours per overtime hour, subject to employer compliance with notice requirements and a 240-hour accrual cap.

• Requires the legislature to annually appropriate funds to political subdivisions to offset increased direct labor costs resulting from the law's implementation.