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Seethe Handbook on Alternative Work Schedules. A compressed work schedule is a fixed schedule that has no flexibility. A flexible work schedule is a schedule consisting of workdays with core hours and flexible hours. See below for additional information and examples ofAWS schedules.  \nThings to consider:  \n• What types of work schedule(s) does your agency currently offer employees?  \n• Would offering additional types of work schedules on a temporary basis help your agency accomplish its mission during the SafeTrack project?  \n• What impact would implementing an AWS have on your employees?  \n• Will you need to adjust work schedule(s) throughout the SafeTrack project segments?  \n• Will your agency want to make an AWS permanent or use it only temporarily through the SafeTrack project?  \n• What type of engagement with employee representatives may be necessary when considering implementation of a new AWS, either on a temporary or permanent basis?  \nTIP: One size does not fit all. Agencies will need to make decisions on which AWS schedules to adopt (if any) based on the impact of the SafeTrack project on their agency mission and employees. It is important to remember that each individual employee’s commuting situation will vary within your agency and will most likely change during the Safe Track Project. Supervisors will need to communicate the flexibilities and work schedule(s) that will be available to their employees, along with their expectations for employees electing to use any new flexibilities.  \nWhen choosing to implement or change an AWS, agencies must review any applicable collective bargaining agreement and become familiar with the various schedules permitted under the contract. Employees represented by a union may participate in a flexible or compressed work schedule “only to the extent expressly provided under a collective bargaining agreement between the agency and the exclusive representative.” (See 5 U.S.C. 6130(a)(2).) While an agency and union may, in many cases and by mutual agreement, expand such work schedules for bargaining unit employees; there are a variety of factors agencies should consider before doing so. These factors include, but are not limited to, whether a feasibility study is needed, whether the expansion should be done on a trial basis, and whether the agreement will permit the agency to terminate the program without showing an “adverse agency impact” as described in 5 U.S.C.  \n6131. For further information, please see:  \n• [https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/labor-management-relations/law-policy](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/labor-management-relations/law-policy)resources/\\#url=Negotiating-Flexible-and-Compressed-Work-Schedules.  \n• The Federal Service Impasses Panel Process and Procedures Course, Lesson Four: FSIP and Alternative Work Schedule Impasses. This on-line course is available on HR University ([http://hru.gov/Course_Catalog.aspx?cid=154&mgr=false](http://hru.gov/Course_Catalog.aspx?cid=154&mgr=false)).  \nTIP: The SafeTrack project provides agencies an opportunity to “. . .discuss workplace challenges and problems with labor and endeavor to develop solutions jointly, rather than advise union representatives of predetermined solutions to problems and then engage in bargaining over the impact and implementation of the predetermined solution.” This process is often referred to as “pre-decisional involvement,” and it is described in Executive Order 13522. You can learn more about pre-decisional [involvement and the Executive Order at](involvement and the Executive Order at www.lmrcouncil.gov)[ ](involvement and the Executive Order at www.lmrcouncil.gov)[www.lmrcouncil.gov](involvement and the Executive Order at www.lmrcouncil.gov).  \nTypes ofAWS  \n1.","cbCaia5UQY9yvtfb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia5UQY9yvtfb","pdf",92361,8,"English","# Alternative Work Schedules (AWS)\n## Things to Consider\n## Engagement with Employee Representatives\n## When Choosing to Implement or Change an AWS\n# Types of AWS\n## Compressed Work Schedules (CWS)","[{\"question\":\"What are alternative work schedules (AWS) under the guidance?\",\"answer\":\"AWS include compressed work schedules and flexible work schedules. 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