Definitions and Administration Clause Samples

Definitions and Administration. 1.1 Preamble 5 1.2 Recognition 5 1.3 Conformity to Law 5 1.4 Exclusivity 5 1.5 Sub-contracting 5 1.6 Status of the Agreement 5 1.7 Ratification and Mutual Consent 5 1.8 Distribution of Contract 5

Definitions and Administration a. Variable Week is a flexible schedule containing core time on each workday in the biweekly pay period in which a full-time employee has a basic work requirement of eighty (80) hours for the biweekly pay period. An employee may vary the number of hours worked on a given workday or the number of hours each week, within the limits established for the organization. b. Under Variable Week, the following shall apply: (1) Credit hours are earned for the time voluntarily worked in excess of an employee’s basic work requirement. Employees may not "borrow" credit hours or use credit hours unless they have been accrued during a previous pay period. Full-time employees may carry over the maximum number of credit hours allowed by law, currently twenty- four (24), from pay period to pay period. Part-time employees may accumulate a maximum of one-fourth (1/4) of the hours in their biweekly pay period. Credit hours are earned and may be used in fifteen (15) minute increments. However, time spent in Absent Without Leave (AWOL) status will not count toward the basic work requirement for the purpose of accumulating credit hours. Credit hours may only be earned for work during the established flexible time band. (2) Core hours are those designated times and days during the biweekly pay period when all employees must be present for work. Core hours shall be Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Employees may use credit hours in addition to other types of accrued leave to account for absences during core hours, as well as absences outside of core hours following established office procedures for obtaining supervisory approval of leave. However, employees wishing to leave work at 2:30 p.m., will submit their request to do so to their supervisor in writing at least one week in advance of an 80 hour biweekly pay period. Employees requesting this arrangement could be on a fixed schedule (6:00 AM to 2:30 PM five days a week) or a flexible schedule. If they are on a flexible schedule, they will be at work no later than 8:00 AM on those days when they leave at 2:30 PM and their aforementioned written requests must include, at a minimum, those days when they will be leaving at 2:30 PM. Employees’ requests to supervisors to leave work at 2:30 p.m. shall not be unreasonably denied. (3) Overtime hours are all hours in excess of eight (8) hours in a day or forty (40) hours in a week that are officially ordered in advance, but do not include credit hours. (4) Except as may be li...

Definitions and Administration. 1.1 Preamble 5 1.2 Recognition 5

Definitions and Administration