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 PUBLIC LAW 95-390—SEPT. 29, 1978

92 STAT. 756

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(2) Each agency may conduct one or more experiments under titles I and II of this Act. Such experiments shall be subject to such regulations as the Commission may prescribe under section 305 of this A.ct. (b) The Commission shall, not later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, establish a master plan which shall contain guidelines and criteria by which the Commission will study and evaluate experiments conducted under titles I and II of this Act. Such master plan shall provide for the study and evaluation of experiments within a sample of organizations of different size, geographic location, and functions and activities, sufficient to insure adequate evaluation of the impact of varied work schedules on— (1) the efficiency of Government operations; -, \ (2) mass transit facilities and traffic; . ' (8^ levels of energy consumption; (4) service to the public; (5) increased opportunities for full-time and part-time employment; and (6) individuals and families generally. (c) The Commission shall provide educational material, and technical aids and assistance, for use by an agency before and during the period such agency is conducting experiments under this Act. (d) If the head of an agency determines that the implementation of an experimental program referred to in subsection (a) would substantially disrupt the agency in carrying out its functions, such agency head shall request the Commission to exempt such agency from the requirements of any experiment conducted by the Commission under subsection (a). Such request shall be accompanied by a report detailing the reasons for such determination. The Commission shall exempt an agency from such requirements only if it finds that including the agency within the experiment would not be in the best interest of the public, the Government, or the employees. The filing of such a request with the Commission shall exclude the agency from the experiment until the Commission has made its determination or until 180 days after the date the request is filed, whichever first occurs. TITLE I—FLEXIBLE SCHEDUI.ING O F WORK HOUKS DEFINITIONS

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SEC. 101. For purposes of this title— '-' (1) the term "credit hours" means any hours, within a flexible schedule established under this title, which are in excess of an employee's basic work requirement and which the employee elects to work so as to vary the length of a workweek or a workday; and (2) the term "overtime hours" means all hours in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week which are officially ordered in advance, but does not include credit hours.

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E L E X I B I ^ SCHEDULING

EXPERIMENTS

SEC. 102. (a) Notwithstanding section 6101 of title 5, United States Code, experiments may be conducted in agenices to test flexible schedules which include— (1) designated hours and days during which an employee on such a schedule must be present for work; and (2) designated hours during which an employee on such a schedule may elect the time of such employee's arrival at and

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