Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act

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Federal Employees' Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that it is the finding of Congress that controlled experimentation with a variety of workday and workweek configurations should be conducted by the Civil Service Commission for a three-year period. Defines terms used in this title. States that experiments with flexible and compressed work schedules will be established only upon the request of an agency in such programs as it deems appropriate under a specific master program plan to be developed by the United States Civil Service Commission. Declares that the program plan shall be developed to provide a representative sample of organizations of different functions, size, and geographic location, and to permit adequate testing of the impact of various schedules on such factors as productivity, mass transit facilities, and increased full- and part-time employment facilities. Requires the Commission to submit to the President an interim report of the findings of such experiments within 30 months of the effective date of this Act. Provides for the accrual of sick leave, annual leave, and for the granting of compensatory time to employees whose work hours have been altered pursuant to the provisions of this Act. States that the provisions made by this Act shall not be construed to affect in any way the terms of any negotiated contract between Government agencies and organizations of Government employees. Title II: Flexible Work Schedules - Defines terms used in this title. Authorizes the Commission to approve proposals for the establishment of experimental flexible work schedules submitted by agencies. Prohibits the payment of premium pay for credit hours worked at the election of an employee covered by a flexible work schedule except for credit hours officially ordered in advance. Provides for the payment of night-shift differential pay to flexible schedule employees under specified conditions. Limits the number of credit hours of work which full- and part-time flexible schedule employees may accumulate. Title III: Compressed Work Schedules - Defines terms used in this title. States that the term "compressed work schedule" means, for a full-time employee, a basic 80- hour biweekly work schedule which is scheduled for less than 10 workdays, and, for a part-time employee, a basic biweekly work schedule established for less than 10 workdays. Authorizes the Commission to approve proposals for the establishment of experimental compressed work schedules submitted by agencies. Sets forth regulations with respect to premium pay for overtime work performed by employees working under a compressed work schedule.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 6 May 1976

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 July 1975

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