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.
Employees participating in flextime are eligible to earn credit hours.
Compensatory time can be earned only by working overtime hours which are ordered and approved by a supervisor. Compensatory time that is not used within 8 pay periods is automatically paid at the overtime rate at which it was earned. At that time, they are paid at the employee's basic rate of pay. Yes, if it can be determined that applicable criteria are met for the approval of credit hours. Of course, the supervisor may make adjustments to the approved arrangement if necessitated by workload or coverage requirements.