U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health
Washington, D.C. 20210
OSHA Instruction PER 1.2 FEB 24, 1991 Office of Human Resource
and Organizational Management
Subject: Flexible Scheduling for OSHA Executives
A. Purpose. The intent of this policy is to afford OSHA
Senior Executive Service (SES) members certain discretion in accounting for
time worked within each DOL pay period.
B. Scope. This instruction applies to all OSHA SES members.
C. Background. It is recognized that OSHA executives are
called upon to be available to fulfill Agency needs in more than just the
9-to-5 time frame. As the highest level of Agency management, executives are
afforded a certain degree of flexibility in terms of working hours since it
is clearly recognized that they are held accountable for all aspects of the
programs they administer and accordingly required to be available for duty
whenever necessary. The needs of the Agency have the highest priority; often
requiring executives to work on priority activities well in excess of the
standard workday and 40 hour work week, therefore if and when our programs
will not be adversely impacted, executives may exercise some judgement and
flexibility with regard to their personal time and attendance, in accordance
with Paragraph E, Policy.
D. Definition.
1. "Basic work requirement" means the number of hours
which the executive is required to work or is otherwise required to account
for by leave (that is, accounting for a work period of a combination of work
and leave totaling eight-hours (8) workday in an eight and one-half (8.5)
hour time span or an 80-hour pay period).
2. "Flexible hours" means those designated hours during
which the executive on a flexible schedule may elect the time of arrival at
and departure from work.
3. "Flexible schedule" means a schedule in which the
executive may vary his or her hours, so long as he or she fulfills the basic
work requirement.
OSHA Instruction PER 1.2 FEB 24, 1991 Office of Human Resource
and Organizational Management
E. Policy.
1. This policy is not meant to allow work undertaken
during times outside the DOL established business hours to be used as a
substitution for leave charges, except in limited, specific and well defined
situations. It allows neither the use of compressed work schedules nor
earning or use of credit hours.
2. In implementing this policy it is assumed that there
will be no extra costs to the Agency in terms of dollars, less efficiency, or
diminished service, based on the exercise of the options made available to
executives.
F. Participation. Participation in this program is optional.
Any executive who chooses not to participate in the program at its inception
will be expected to report for duty during the DOL established business hours
or arrange an adjusted work schedule in accordance with the provisions of
Departmental requirements (see DLS 610 for guidance).
G. Tour of Duty.
1. Duty Hours and Days. The executive on a flexible
schedule may elect his or her time of arrival and departure from work within
the framework of the duty hours and days listed below.
a. Designated days: Monday through Friday,
inclusive.
b. Designated hours: 6:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m.,
inclusive.
2. Election of arrival and departure times is subject to
the specific approval of the Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant
Secretary.
3. Approval of biweekly schedules may be assumed unless
otherwise notified two work days following the submission of executives's
calendar.
4. Schedule approvals are subject to immediate change
based upon the needs of the Agency.
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5. OSHA executives are expected to be available at all
times. Recent acquisition of state-of-the art equipment (cellular
telephones, beepers, computers, modems, etc.) results in expectation of such
accessibility.
H. Use of Leave.
1. Eighty (80) hours per pay period must be accounted for
by work, use of annual leave, sick, LWOP, or specifically approved
administrative leave. Time worked and charge to leave will count towards
achievement of the 80-hour pay period basic work requirement. OPM has ruled
that overtime pay, compensatory leave, and credit hours are not available to
members of the SES.
2. No credit hours may be earned, used, or carried over
for future use in a subsequent pay period. No premium pay of any kind
(overtime, night pay deferential) or compensatory time will be available for
time worked.
3. This policy specifically excludes the availability of
compressed schedules from options available to
executives.
4. For any holiday, the executive will, if otherwise
eligible, be entitled to not more than eight (8) hours of basic
pay.
I. Scheduling Hours of Work.
1. An executive may work more, or less, than an eight and
one-half (8.5) hour time span (for an eight hour day) on any workday within
the designated hours, in accordance with the following
provisions:
a. Time worked in excess of eight and one-half (8.5)
hours on any day will not be counted as "credit hours", it will represent a
reduction in the remaining pay-period minimum work
requirement.
b. For any day in which an executive reports for duty
for less than eight and one-half (8.5) hours, see paragraph 2
below.
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2. Each executive must work ten (10) days per pay period,
within the following parameters for less than full
workdays:
a. On a work day when an executive reports for duty
for four (4) or more hours but less than eight and one-half (8.5) hours, he
or she may forego a charge to leave in that day provided the executive
accounts for the requisite amount of worktime on some other work day in the
pay period during the designated hours of work in that pay
period.
b. On any day when an executive does not report for
duty, he or she must charge not less than eight (8) hours of appropriate
leave (i.e., annual, sick, LWOP).
c. On any day when an executive reports for duty for
less than four (4) hours, he or she must charge not less than the amount of
leave hours which will bring daily work/leave total to eight (8)
hours.
FOR EXAMPLE: the executive reports for three (3)
hours of duty, he/she must charge not less than five (5) hours to an
appropriate leave category.
d. An executive may not use leave and an absence from
work on the same work day such as that contemplated by section 2.a.
above.
3. Whenever an executive is on duty at training, or jury
duty, his or her hours must conform to the hours of that function, regardless
of previously approved scheduling.
4. Travel time undertaken before 8:15 a.m. or after 4:45
p.m. will not be counted towards "time worked" under this
policy.
5. Under this plan, executives may arrange their work
schedules to count time spent in delivering presentations or attending
meetings which take place between 6:00 am and 9:00 pm Monday through
Friday.
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6. When the executive is in travel status that includes at
least one night's stay away from the official duty station, flexible
scheduling does not apply and 8 hours per day will be claimed and credited
for such work to the extent that the executive is in duty
status.
7. For meetings, travel, training, or other activity
outside of the office that lasts less than eight (8) hours per day (in an
eight and one half (8.5) hour time span), the executive will either report
for other duty or account for non-work time in accordance with paragraph 2.a.
above.
J. Timekeeping. All executives under flexible schedules will
follow the time-accounting method and instructions established by the DOL
Office of the Comptroller. This time-accounting method will provide
affirmative evidence that each executive subject to a flexible schedule has
worked the proper number of hours in a biweekly pay period.
1. Flexible scheduling plans require the use of flextime
timekeeping records for tracking an individual's time in pay and leave
status. In accordance with DLMS 6-3, section 7.4, Recordkeeping, the
Flextime Record, DL-2008, will be used in accordance with DLMS 6-3, section
7.5 requirements.
K. Supervisory Approval.
1. Every executive must obtain specific approval by the
Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretary to participate in this
flexible scheduling program.
2. Approval of time of arrival at and departure from duty
will be obtained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph G of this
instruction.
L. Disruption of Functions. If the Assistant Secretary/Deputy
Assistant Secretary determines that any organization is being disrupted in
carrying out its functions or is incurring additional costs because of such
participation in this program, the Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant
Secretary or his designee may:
1. Restrict the executive's choice of arrival and
departure time.
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2. Exclude that executive from participation in the
program.
M. Termination of Program. At any time, this program may be
canceled upon the direction of the Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant
Secretary. A minimum of a two- week notice will be provided to participants.
Abuse of this program by any participant will result in appropriate
disciplinary/adverse action for the individual involved, and/or termination
of the program.
Gerard F. Scannell Assistant Secretary
Distribution: NR
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