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 PUBLIC LAW 95-390—SEPT. 29, 1978

92 STAT. 755

Public Law 95-390 95th Congress An Act To authorize Federal agencies to experiment with flexible and compressed employee work schedules.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ^

SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1978". SECTION

Sept. 29, 1978 [H.R. 7814]

Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1978. 5 USC 6101 note.

CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS

SEC. 2. The Congress finds that new trends in the usage of 4-day workweeks, flexible work hours, and other variations in workday and workweek schedules in the private sector appear to show sufficient promise to warrant carefully designed, controlled, and evaluated experimentation by Federal agencies over a 3-year period to determine whether and in what situations such varied work schedules can be successfully used by Federal agencies on a permanent basis. The Congress also finds that there should be sufficient flexibility in the work schedules of Federal employees to allow such employees to meet the obligations of their faith.

5 USC 6101 note.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act (other than title IV)— (1) the term "agency" means an Executive agency and a military department (as such terms are defined in sections 105 and 102, respectively, of title 5, United States Code); (2) the term "employ" has the meaning given it by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; (3) the term "Commission" means the United States Civil Service Commission; and (4) the term "basic work requirement" means the number of hours, excluding overtime hours, which an employee is required to work or is required to account for by leave or otherwise.

5 USC 6101 note.

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EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 4. (a)(1) Within 180 days after the effective date of this section, 5 USC 6101 note, and subject to the requirements of section 302 and the terms of any written agreement referred to in section 302(a), the Commission shall establish a program which provides for the conducting of experiments by the Commission under titles I and II of this Act. Such experimental program shall cover a sufficient number of positions throuj^hout the executive branch, and a sufficient range of worktime alternatives, as to provide an adequate basis on which to evaluate the effectiveness and desirability of permanently maintaining flexible or compressed work schedules within the executive branch.
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