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PURPOSE: This policy establishes work schedules that provide an optimum level of service and promote workplace satisfaction; and that are consistent with the Judiciary Leave and Attendance Policy found in the Guide to Judiciary Policy (Guide), Volume 12, Chapter 9, §§ 910-930, unless superceded by this Panel Policy. It is the responsibility of each employee to be familiar with these provisions. A current copy of the Guide, Vol 12, Ch 9, is available on the J-Net under the “Human Resources” tab. Included in this subchapter is legislation under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 and the Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act (FEFFLA) .  \nB. APPLICABILITY, INTENT AND SUPERVISING AUTHORITY  \n1. This work schedule and leave policy applies to all employees of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.  \n2. The supervising authority is as follows:  \na. for the Panel Executive, the Panel Chairman or designee;  \nb. for the Clerk of the Panel and Attorney Staff, the Panel Executive;  \nc. for the Chief Deputy Clerk, the Clerk of the Panel or designee;  \nd. for Administrative and Operations staff, the Chief Deputy Clerk or designee; and  \ne. for Automation staff, the Systems Manager or designee.  \n3. The Panel Executive is the approving authority for all work schedules.  \nC. WORK SCHEDULE (For Summary of Options, see Exhibit 1)  \n1. A traditional work schedule is an 80-hour basic bi-weekly work requirement Monday through Friday, during official business hours (8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m.) . All employees are on this schedule, unless otherwise approved by the appropriate supervising authority.  \n2. A standard work schedule is eight continuous regularly scheduled working hours per day, plus 30 minutes of unpaid time for lunch, for the ten days of a pay period, Monday through Friday. This schedule must be approved by the supervising authority and documentation approving the schedule is maintained in the employee’s personnel folder. (Exhibit 2)  \n3. The following two alternative work schedules (AWS)– flexible and compressed  \n– are also available. An AWS must be approved by the appropriate supervising authority and documentation approving the schedule is maintained in the employee’s personnel folder. (Exhibit 2)  \na. A flexible work schedule is eight regularly scheduled working hours per day, plus 30 minutes of unpaid time for lunch, in which the employee is required to beat the Panel Office during the core work hours of 9:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m. The earliest arrival time is 6:30 a.m. and the latest departure time is 7:00 p.m.  \nb. A compressed work schedule (CWS) is 8-9.0 hour days, 1-8.0 hour day and one flex day off during each two-week pay period. The flex day will generally be Monday or Friday. Employees may move their flex day to any day within the same pay period, but may not cross pay periods. Requests to move aflex day must be submitted in writing to the supervising authority or designee. Leave will be charged as 8-or 9-hour days, depending on the schedule. If a CWSflex day falls on a holiday, the flex day will be moved to the working day immediately preceding or following the holiday, or the employee may select an alternative date.  \n4. Participation in a work schedule other than the traditional work schedule is a privilege that depends on an employee’s performance and conduct. The appropriate supervising authority will grant, deny, or adjust work schedules for each employee. Employees may request to participate in an AWS schedule if they have a minimum combined balance of 40 hours of annual and sick leave. Once on an AWS schedule, it is not necessary to maintain this minium balance. All employees are strongly encouraged, however, to maintain sufficient leave balances to accommodate unanticipated events.  \n5. Telework is available for any of the work schedule options, in accordance with the  \nU. S. 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