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Alternative Work Schedule - Option Examples
The following are examples of appropriate requests for alternative work schedules. This is meant as a
guide and is not an all inclusive listing.
I. Flex Time (Staggered hours)
• Options of hours to be worked (for 37-1/2 hour employee):
7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (½ hr. lunch) or 3:30 p.m. (1 hour lunch)
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (½ hr. lunch) or 4:00 p.m. (1 hour lunch)
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (½ hr. lunch) or 4:30 p.m. (1 hour lunch)
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (½ hr. lunch) or 5:00 p.m. (1 hour lunch)
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (½ hr. lunch) or 5:30 p.m. (1 hour lunch)
• Options of hours to be worked (for 40-hour employee):
7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (½ hr. lunch)
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (½ hr. lunch)
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (½ hr. lunch)
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (½ hr. lunch)
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (½ hr. lunch)
II. Compressed Workweek:
• Four and a half day workweek (for 37-1/2 hour employee)
Work 33.50 hours in four days; 4 hours in one day
Monday through Wednesday work 8-1/2 hours (8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., ½ hour lunch);
Thursday work 8 hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ½ hour lunch); Friday work 4 hours (8:00
a.m. to 12:00 noon).
• Four and a half day workweek (for 40-hour employee)
Work 36 hours in four days; 4 hours in one day
Monday through Thursday work 9 hours (7:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m., ½ hour lunch); Friday
work 4 hours (8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon).
• Four day workweek* (for 37-1/2 hour employee)
Work 37-1/2 hours in 4 days; one day off each week
Work 9-1/4 hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.); work 9-3/4
hours on Thursday (7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.); off Fridays
• Four day workweek* (for 40-hour employee)
Work 40 hours in 4 days; one day off each week
Work 10 hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday (7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.); off
Fridays
*available only during summer & winter intercessions
III. Compressed Pay Period
• Nine day payroll period (for 37-1/2 hour employee) – Hours for overtime eligible
employees cannot exceed 40 in a work-week
Work 75 hours in nine days; one day off each pay period. (Classified employees must
account for time worked which requires earning comp time when hours worked exceed
basic workweek requirements and charging comp time, or other accruals, when hours
worked are less than the basic workweek.)
Week 1 – work 8 hours Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (equals 40
hours, 2.50 hours of which are comp time)
Week 2 – work 8-3/4 hours Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday (off Monday) which equals 35
hours and use 2.50 hours of comp time from week 1.
• Nine day payroll period (for 40-hour employee – not available to overtime eligible
employees)
Work 80 hours in nine days; every other Monday off
Work 9 hours each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ½
hour lunch); Work 8 hours one Monday (7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., ½ hour lunch); off other
Monday
