Compensatory Time for Religious Observances. A. An employee whose personal religious beliefs require the abstention from work during certain periods of the work day or work week, may elect to engage in alternative work for time lost for meeting those religious requirements. To the extent that such modifications in work schedules do not interfere with the efficient accomplishment of the Agency’s mission, the Agency will afford the employee the opportunity to work compensatory time and will grant compensatory time off to an employee requesting such time off for religious observances. Such request to work compensatory time for religious observances will be requested in writing and in advance of the requested work period.
Compensatory Time for Religious Observances. An employee may elect to work compensatory overtime for the purpose of taking time off without charge to leave or loss of pay when personal religious beliefs require that the employee abstain from work during certain periods of the workday or workweek. Any employee who elects to work compensatory overtime for this purpose may be granted (in lieu of overtime pay) an equal amount of compensatory time off (hour for hour) from his or her scheduled tour of duty. The compensatory overtime may be worked before or after the compensatory time off. A grant of advanced compensatory time off should be repaid by the appropriate amount of compensatory overtime, worked within a reasonable time, (i.e., normally four (4) pay periods). The employee's election to work compensatory overtime or take compensatory time off to meet religious obligations may be disapproved if such modifications in work schedules interfere with the efficient accomplishment of the Department's mission.
Compensatory Time for Religious Observances
