NEWFlex Sample Clauses

NEWFlex. 6.9.1 NEWFlex is a flexible work schedule which splits the workday into two distinct kinds of time: core time and flexible time. 6.9.2 Core time represents the basic workdays and clock hours that employees must work, or must officially account for not working by taking leave, compensatory time off, credit hours, excused absence, etc. The core hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Wednesday. However, Office Directors may, at their sole discretion, reduce the core hours within this timeframe to as little as 1 hour per pay period. 6.9.3 Employees may not work regular or credit hours on Sundays or federal holidays. For purposes of pay and scheduling, full-time NEWFlex holiday clock hours: at Headquarters are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (includes an unpaid 45-minute rest or meal period); and, in each Regional office, may differ and must match the Region’s official duty hours (which include a 45-minute unpaid rest or meal period). 6.9.4 NEWFlex is a type of flexible work schedule in which selected arrival and departure times are fixed until changed. The employee must work the approved schedule for the pay period except when, under special circumstances, the employee obtains the approval of his or her supervisor to change to another schedule. NEWFlex work schedules shall be in 15 minute increments. Employees on NEWFlex may request to begin their workday as early as 5:00 a.m. and/or to end their workday as late as 8:00 p.m. However, Office Directors and Regional Administrators, at their sole discretion, may extend the hours to as late as 11:00 p.m. Employees normally are not eligible for night premium pay for any non-overtime hours worked. Employees may include non-contiguous hours (split-shift(s)) in their work schedules. 6.9.4.1 Employees on a NEWFlex work schedule will also be permitted to “glide”; that is, subject to mission accomplishment, they may arrive/depart up to 1 hour before or after their scheduled arrival/ departure time, but not earlier than 5:00 a.m. and not later than 8:00 p.m. (or as late as 11:00 p.m. if basic workday(s) may end that late), and must work and/or take official time off (approved leave, compensatory time off, credit hours, excused absence, etc.) for the same amount of work hours as were originally sched- uled. Gliding is not to be used on a regular basis or in lieu of a permanent schedule change. 6.9.5 Employees may request to work fewer than ten days in a pay period, and may account for up to 11.25 hours a day including regu...