Common use of Credit Hours Clause in Contracts

Credit Hours. A. Employees who work FWSs, including the “Maxiflex 5/4-9”, may earn credit hours. Employees who are in designated fixed schedule positions and employees who work CWSs are not eligible to earn credit hours. B. Employees who wish to work credit hours must request to do so in advance. Supervisors shall approve or deny such requests promptly. Upon request of the employee, the earning of credit hours may be approved retroactively where the circumstances warrant (e.g., where it was impractical for the employee to obtain advance approval and performing the work was necessary). 1. Employees shall not be authorized to work credit hours on holidays unless the employee is already scheduled to work. 2. Employees shall not normally be authorized to earn credit hours on a regular scheduled day off, except in situations where the employee has a substantiated need to build time to account for an anticipated unusual need for time off. C. If credit hours are approved and overtime is subsequently made available prior to the working of the credit hours, the employee shall be afforded the opportunity to elect to work the overtime. D. Eligible employees may be authorized to earn up to four (4) credit hours per day, and up to twelve (12) credit hours per week, provided work that can be performed at the requested time is available for the employee and it can be performed at the requested time(s). E. Credit hours may be earned and used in increments of one-quarter hour (15 minutes). F. Full-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than 24 credit hours. Part-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than ¼ of the hours in their biweekly basic work requirement. A full-time employee who has accumulated more than 24 credit hours (or a part-time employee who has accumulated more than the maximum allowed) is subject to forfeiture of the excess hours if they are not used prior to the end of the pay period. G. The use of credit hours shall be subject to the same criteria as annual or sick leave. An employee may use earned credit hours for all or any part of any approved leave. Credit hours must be earned before they may be used.

Credit Hours. A. Employees who work FWSsa Maxiflex or Flexitour schedule may earn credit hours by working beyond their normal tour of duty. An employee may carry over a maximum of 24 credit hours at the end of any pay period. There is no time limit for using credit hours. However, including should an employee leave NAD, the “Maxiflex 5/4hours will be paid in a lump sum at the employee’s current regular hourly rate of pay. B. If an employee wishes to earn credit hours, he or she must receive prior supervisory approval on a prescribed form (see Appendix C). Hearing Officers are authorized to earn up to 4 credit hours per pay period without prior supervisory approval. C. An employee may not earn credit hours on the same day that he or she uses credit hours or leave. An employee must earn credit hours within regular operating hours (5:30 a.m – 6:30 p.m). Credit hours will be earned in 15 minute increments. D. An employee may use credit hours in 15 minute increments just like annual leave by submitting an Application for Leave (OPM-71) to the supervisor. Employees should check the "other" block on the OPM-71 and write in "credit hours." E. Part-9”time employees also may earn credit hours by working beyond their normal tour of duty. The maximum carryover for part-time employees is one-fourth of the hours in their normal pay period. For example, a part- time employee who works 32 hours per week (64 hours per pay period) may carry over a maximum of 16 credit hours rather than the 24 which full time employee’s carryover). F. Employees may use credit hours in lieu of sick leave, but employees on formal leave restriction, which requires documentation for use of sick leave, must submit proper documentation. G. Requests to use credit hours have the same priority as annual leave. In the event of conflicts over a day off, it does not matter whether annual leave or credit hours have been requested. H. For approval purposes, credit hours are treated just like annual leave. I. Employees cannot be forced to use credit hours. Employees cannot be forced to earn credit hours. Employees who are in designated fixed schedule positions and employees who work CWSs are not eligible to earn credit hours. B. Employees who wish approved to work credit hours must request to do so in advance. Supervisors shall approve or deny such requests promptly. Upon request of the employee, the earning of credit hours overtime may be approved retroactively where the circumstances warrant (e.g., where it was impractical for the employee to obtain advance approval and performing the work was necessary). 1. Employees shall not be authorized to work credit hours on holidays unless the employee is already scheduled to work. 2. Employees shall not normally be authorized elect to earn credit hours on a regular scheduled day off, except in situations where the employee has a substantiated need to build time to account for an anticipated unusual need for time offconsistent with this article. C. If credit hours are approved and overtime is subsequently made available prior to the working of the credit hours, the employee shall be afforded the opportunity to elect to work the overtime. D. Eligible employees may be authorized to earn up to four (4) credit hours per day, and up to twelve (12) credit hours per week, provided work that can be performed at the requested time is available for the employee and it can be performed at the requested time(s). E. J. Credit hours may will not be earned and used in increments of one-quarter hour (15 minutes)for travel. F. Full-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than 24 credit hours. Part-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than ¼ of the hours in their biweekly basic work requirement. A full-time employee who has accumulated more than 24 credit hours (or a part-time employee who has accumulated more than the maximum allowed) is subject to forfeiture of the excess hours if they are not used prior to the end of the pay period. G. The use of credit hours shall be subject to the same criteria as annual or sick leave. An employee may use earned credit hours for all or any part of any approved leave. Credit hours must be earned before they may be used.

Credit Hours. ‌ A. Credit hours are hours under a flexible work schedule that a full time or part time employee elects to work in excess of their biweekly basic work requirement. B. Full-time employees may carry over up to twenty-four (24) credit hours from one (1) biweekly pay period to the next. Part-time employees who participate in the flexible work program may accumulate up to one quarter of the hours of the employee’s basic work requirement for carryover from one (1) biweekly pay period to the next. C. Employees who may earn credit hours above the limits in Section 10(B) during the pay period, but the excess hours must be used before the pay period ends or the hours will be forfeited. D. Supervisors may not require or request an employee to work FWSscredit hours. With the supervisor’s prior approval, including the “Maxiflex 5/4-9”based on limiting factors such as workload and appropriate Management control, an employee on AWS may elect to earn credit hours. Employees who are Credit hours can only be earned in designated fixed schedule positions the performance of official duties and employees who work CWSs are not eligible to earn credit hours. B. Employees who wish to work credit hours must request to do so in advance. Supervisors shall approve or deny such requests promptly. Upon request of performed will be evaluated under the employee, the earning of credit hours may be approved retroactively where the circumstances warrant (e.g., where it was impractical for the employee to obtain advance approval and performing the work was necessary). 1. Employees shall not be authorized to work credit hours on holidays unless the employee is already scheduled to work. 2. Employees shall not normally be authorized to earn credit hours on a regular scheduled day off, except in situations where the employee has a substantiated need to build time to account for an anticipated unusual need for time off. C. If credit hours are approved and overtime is subsequently made available prior to the working of the credit hours, the employee shall be afforded the opportunity to elect to work the overtime. D. Eligible employees may be authorized to earn up to four (4) credit hours per day, and up to twelve (12) credit hours per week, provided work that can be performed at the requested time is available for the employee and it can be performed at the requested time(s)’s performance standards. E. Credit time is earned or used in fifteen (15)-minute increments. When recording time earned or used, the employee’s time will be rounded up to the next higher increment. F. Credit hours may not be used in advance of being earned. The use of earned credit hours is subject to the same regulations and contractual agreements governing the use of leave. Credit hours can be used in conjunction with other forms of approved leave. Credit hours may be earned and used in increments of one-quarter hour (15 minutes). F. Full-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than 24 credit hours. Part-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than ¼ of within the hours in their biweekly basic work requirement. A full-time employee who has accumulated more than 24 credit hours (or a part-time employee who has accumulated more than the maximum allowed) is subject to forfeiture of the excess hours if they are not used prior to the end of the same pay period. G. The use Parties recognize that the law requires employees to forfeit credit hours above the twenty- four (24) hours they are allowed to carry over from one (1) pay period to the next; therefore, to avoid forfeiture of credit hours, the employee and the supervisor are strongly encouraged to work together when planning leave. H. If an employee separates from Federal employment, transfers to another agency, or is no longer eligible to work an AWS, the employee will be paid the balance of credit hours shall be subject earned up to the same criteria as annual or sick leave. An employee may use earned credit hours for all or any part of any approved leave. maximum allowable carry over limit. I. Credit hours must may not be earned before they may be usedfor travel.

Credit Hours. A. Employees who are on NEWFlex work FWSsschedules may participate in the Credit Hour Program. Unless a supervisor approves an exception as explained below, including an employee must submit to his or her supervisor and must obtain that supervisor’s prior concurrence of a plan documented via the “Maxiflex 5/4Leave/Additional Hours Request” function in the Human Resources Management System (HRMS). The plan reflects the days and clock hours that the employee wishes to earn and/or use credit hours. If it is impractical to request and obtain prior approval via the HRMS request function, the employee may request and obtain verbal approval, normally prior to earning and/ or using credit hours, subject to subsequent confirmation via the HRMS request function, unless the supervisor, at his or her sole discretion, permits the plan to be requested only verbally and grants approval only verbally without a requirement for subsequent written confirmation via the HRMS request function. If an employee wishes to deviate from an approved plan, he or she must typically obtain his or her approving official’s prior verbal approval. Actual credit hours earned or used are recorded by the employee and reviewed and approved as appropriate by the supervisor via the HRMS “Timesheet” function, and employees will not be required to revise an original credit hour request in HRMS. Approval of an employee’s request to earn credit hours will be based on work requirements including, but not limited to: office coverage; training; participation in collaborative projects; and the need for direct supervision due to less than satisfactory performance or identified time and attendance issues. Credit hours may be earned at the employee’s worksite, whether it is on the agency’s premises, at a temporary duty location, or at an alternate work location under an approved Telework Program. Employees may earn credit hours by working earlier than their scheduled arrival time or by working later than their scheduled departure time, but no earlier than 5:00 a.m. and no later than 8:00 p.m. (as late as 11:00 p.m., if the office or region permits basic workdays to end that late). Credit hours are allowable only on permissible basic workdays, which do not include holidays. Saturdays are considered permissible basic workdays for this purpose, even if an employee is not scheduled to work regular hours on Saturdays, if the employee’s office director, regional administrator, or supervisor or other time and attendance approving official has not prohibited Saturday basic workdays. Credit hours that are earned or used are subject to the 11.25 daily maximum described in Article 6.9.5. Employees may not earn credit hours: before 5:00 a.m.; after 8:00 p.m. (except that employees may earn credit hours later, as late as 11:00 p.m., if basic workdays are permitted to end that late); during a 45-9”minute rest or meal period; on Saturdays if Saturday basic workdays have been prohibited; on Sundays; on holidays; or while in the act of travel (for example, while driving an automobile or as a passenger in an automobile or airplane), but may earn credit hours, if otherwise eligible, for performing work at the destination to which the employee traveled. Employees who are in designated fixed schedule positions and employees who work CWSs are not eligible to earn credit hours. B. Employees who wish to work credit hours must request to do so in advance. Supervisors shall approve or deny such requests promptly. Upon request of the employee, the earning of credit hours may be approved retroactively where the circumstances warrant (e.g., where it was impractical for the employee to obtain advance approval and performing the work was necessary). 1. Employees shall not be authorized to work credit hours on holidays unless the employee is already scheduled to work. 2. Employees shall not normally be authorized to earn credit hours on of not less than a regular scheduled day off, except in situations where the employee has a substantiated need to build time to account for an anticipated unusual need for time off. C. If total of one-half credit hours are approved and overtime is subsequently made available prior to the working of the credit hours, the employee shall be afforded the opportunity to elect to work the overtime. D. Eligible employees may be authorized to earn up to four (4) credit hours hour per day, and up to twelve (12) any extra credit hours per weekearned must be in 15-minute increments. Credit hours are used in 15-minute increments. Full-time employees may carry over a maximum of 24 credit hours from one pay period to the next, provided work that can and part-time employees may carry over a maximum of ¼ of their scheduled biweekly tour of duty. Any excess credit hours will be performed at the requested time is available for forfeited and the employee and it can may not otherwise be performed at the requested time(s). E. compensated for this forfeited time. Credit hours may be earned and used in increments used, overtime may be earned, one or more types of one-quarter compensatory time off may be earned and used, excused absence may be used, and one or more types of leave (including leave without pay) may be used, during the same day, workweek, or pay period, if appropriate and approved. Approving official authorization or disapproval of an employee’s use of credit hour (15 minutes). F. Full-time off will be based on the same criteria that apply to annual leave. Employees may use credit hours only for those hours that they are regularly scheduled to work. With approving official authorization, employees may accumulate and carry over from one use credit hours before earning them, but must subsequently earn the credit hours in the same pay period to another a total of no more than 24 credit hours. Part-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than ¼ of the hours in their biweekly basic work requirement. A full-time employee who has accumulated more than 24 credit hours (or a part-time employee who has accumulated more than the maximum allowed) is subject to forfeiture of the excess hours if that they are not used prior used. Employees are to substitute appropriate leave, earned compensatory time off, etc., for any negative credit hour balance at the end of the pay period. G. The use . Employees will be paid (at their current rate of pay) for accumulated and unused credit hours shall be only upon switching to a work schedule other than NEWFlex or upon leaving the agency. This payment is not subject to the same criteria as biweekly or annual or sick leavelimitation on combined salary plus premium pay, nor are credit hours earned subject to this limitation, because credit hours are considered a type of work schedule adjustment versus a form of compensation. An employee Employees may use earned not be paid for more credit hours than they are permitted to earn, for example, for more than a total of 24 credit hours for all or any part of any approved leave. Credit hours must be earned before they may be usedfull-time employees.

Credit Hours. A. Employees who work FWSs, including the “Maxiflex 5/4-9”, may earn credit hours. Employees who are in designated fixed schedule positions and employees who work CWSs are not eligible to earn credit hours. B. Employees who wish must request to work credit hours must request to do so in advance. Supervisors shall approve or deny such requests promptly. Upon request of the employee, the earning of credit hours may be approved retroactively where the circumstances warrant (e.g., where it was impractical for the employee to obtain advance approval and performing the work was necessary). 1. Employees shall not be authorized to work credit hours on holidays unless the employee is already scheduled to work. 2. Employees shall not normally be authorized to earn credit hours on a regular scheduled day off, except in situations where the employee has a substantiated need to build time to account for an anticipated unusual need for time off. C. If credit hours are approved and overtime is subsequently made available prior to the working of the credit hours, the employee shall be afforded the opportunity to elect to work the overtime. D. Eligible employees may be authorized to earn up to four (4) credit hours per day, and up to twelve (12) credit hours per week, provided work that can be performed at the requested time is available for the employee and it can be performed at the requested time(s). E. Credit hours may be earned and used in increments of one-quarter hour (15 minutes). F. Full-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than 24 credit hours. Part-time employees may accumulate and carry over from one pay period to another a total of no more than ¼ of the hours in their biweekly basic work requirement. A full-time employee who has accumulated more than 24 credit hours (or a part-time employee who has accumulated more than the maximum allowed) is subject to forfeiture of the excess hours if they are not used prior to the end of the pay period. G. The use of credit hours shall be subject to the same criteria as annual or sick leave. An employee may use earned credit hours for all or any part of any approved leave. Credit hours must be earned before they may be used.