FLEXITOUR

GLIDING SCHEDULE

VARIABLE DAY SCHEDULE

VARIABLE WEEK SCHEDULE

MAXIFLEX

A full-time employee must work 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, and 80 hours a biweekly pay period. The agency head determines the number of hours a part-time employee must work in a day, in a week, or in a biweekly pay period.

(See Flexitour.)

A full-time employee must work 40 hours a week. The agency head determines the number of hours a part-time employee must work in a week.

A full-time employee must work 80 hours in a biweekly pay period. The agency head determines the number of hours a part-time employee must work in a biweekly pay period.

(See Variable Week Schedule.)

Agencies establish flexible hours surrounding core hours, which include a standard meal period.

Agencies establish flexible and core hours. Gliding schedules provide for flexible time bands at the start and end of the workday and may also allow for flexible hours at midday (during the lunch break). Employees must work during core hours.

(See Gliding Schedule.)

(See Gliding Schedule.)

(See Gliding Schedule.)

However, agencies may choose not to establish core hours on each workday, thus providing maximum flexibility for employees.

FLEXITOUR

VARIABLE DAY SCHEDULE

VARIABLE WEEK SCHEDULE

MAXIFLEX

An employee must account for missed core hours (if permitted) with leave, credit hours, or compensatory time off.

(See Flexitour.)

(See Flexitour.)

(See Flexitour.)

(See Flexitour.)

Employees may work fewer than 10 days biweekly because of the absence of core hours on one of the normal workdays (e.g., "Flexible 5/4-9").

Overtime work is work in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a workweek, ordered in advance by management. See 5 U.S.C. 6121(6).

(See Flexitour.)

(See Flexitour.)

(See Flexitour.)

(See Flexitour.)

Employees select arrival and departure times subject to agency approval. (This results in a fixed schedule until the next selection period, as determined by the agency.) At the request of an employee, the agency may approve an adjusted arrival and departure time.

Employees may vary arrival and departure times on a daily basis during the established flexible hours.

(See Gliding Schedule.) An employee may also vary the length of the workday. An agency may limit the number of hours an employee may work on a daily basis.

(See Variable Day Schedule.) An employee may also vary the length of the workweek.

(See Variable Week Schedule.)