Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-07-23 — No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act: cross-connection with no-tax-on-overtime-for-all-workers-act: Parallel legislative approaches to boosting overtime compensation — one via tax exclusion, the other via a doubled wage premium. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-09-18 — No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act: cross-connection with no-tax-on-overtime-for-all-workers-act: Both proposals seek to increase the effective value of overtime pay — one via tax exclusion, the other via a doubled statutory wage multiplier. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-06-09 — Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026: HR9216 (119th Congress) introduced and referred to House Education and Workforce Committee on 2026-06-09; would amend FLSA to require overtime pay at double (rather than 1.5x) the regular rate for hours worked beyond the statutory threshold. (novelty: 3)