Common use of ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES (AWS Clause in Contracts

ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES (AWS. SECTION 1. This article applies to employees covered under the CMLA as described by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). SECTION 2. Management may establish permanent or temporary AWS schedules for employees at their discretion. All forms of approved alternative work schedules may be used and are subject to the needs of the Employer in meeting mission in accordance with applicable regulations. SECTION 3. Temporary suspension of, or change to, flexible/compressed work schedules. a. When the activity is adversely impacted by either a reduction in productivity, diminished level of services, or an increase in the cost to activity operations, any form of alternative work schedule may be temporarily suspended or changed. This temporary change may impact a position, a work unit, or an organization. b. Circumstances that may warrant such a change include, but are not limited to: a bona fide emergency, elevated threat conditions, hazardous weather conditions, and periods of unusually high workload when the presence of all employees in an organizational unit is needed to accomplish the mission; established or fluctuating seasonal peaks; or, when otherwise required to accomplish the mission. c. Supervisor will provide as much advance notice as possible to employees and the Union if such a change is required. This notice will include the justification for the temporary suspension or change. d. An employee may request an exception to a change in alternative work schedule for valid, serious personal hardship that would be created by changingto another schedule temporarily. Supervisors have the authority to approve or disapprove such requests without further review. e. After the situation is resolved, employees on Alternative Work Schedules will return to their normal AWS at the beginning of the next pay period, if administrativelypossible.