All days of the compressed schedule must be scheduled in advance. This can be changed to reflect a temporary change in the employee's schedule for a given pay period. Civil Service employees may earn overtime. Overtime pay applies to work that is officially ordered and approved in advance and performed outside the employees established work schedule. Commissioned Officers and Senior Executive Service employees are not eligible to earn overtime.
Credit hours are unique to the flexible work schedules.
Employees must inform their supervisors, in advance, of their intent to earn or use credit hours and must have the approval of the supervisor to do so. Employees can earn credit hours only within the flexible time bands established for the work day and they may not be used before they are earned. Supervisors must approve the earning and use of credit hours in advance. With the supervisor's approval, credit hours may be used to take time off from work at any time during the employee's workday under flextime Credit hours may also be used in lieu of annual or sick leave. Credit hours are permitted only under flexible work schedules.