ALTERNATIVE
WORK SCHEDULE
ALTERNATIVE
WORK SCHEDULE . . . ADVERSE AGENCY IMPACT
Department of Veterans Affairs, Black Hills Healthcare System,
VA Medical Center, Hot Springs, South Dakota and Local 1539, American
Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Case No. 00 FSIP
11, January 11, 2000 (Release No. 428).
The AGENCY determined that the establishment of a 5-4/9 compressed
work schedule for the installation's Industrial Equipment Mechanic
(mechanic) would have an adverse agency impact because he occupies
a "unique one-of-a-kind position;" and the Agency relies
on his technical expertise to minimize any interruption in service
due to vehicle or equipment problems.
The UNION proposed the establishment of a 5-4/9 compressed work
schedule for the mechanic, with one Monday off every other week.
The PANEL found that the Agency did not meet its burden of showing
the proposed compressed schedule, if established, would have an
adverse agency impact and ordered the parties to negotiate over
the UNION's proposal.
ALTERNATIVE
WORK SCHEDULE . . . ADVERSE AGENCY IMPACT
Department of the Navy, Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton,
Connecticut and Local R1-100, National Association of Government
Employees, SEIU, AFL-CIO, Case No. 00 FSIP 19, April 28, 2000
(Release No. 431).
The AGENCY determined that the establishment of the proposed 5-4/9
compressed work schedule for eleven employees (crane operators and
riggers) would likely cause an adverse agency impact because it
would reduce productivity and increase costs.
The UNION proposed the establishment of a 5-4/9 compressed work
schedule for a three or six month trial period, to see if it would
have an adverse impact.
The PANEL found that the proposed schedule, if established, would
likely result in adverse agency impact and ordered the UNION to
withdraw its proposal.
ALTERNATIVE
WORK SCHEDULE . . . ADVERSE AGENCY IMPACT
Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional
Complex, Lompoc, California and Local 3048, American Federation
of Federal Employees, AFL-CIO, Case No. 00 FSIP 129, November
13, 2000 (Release No. 436).
The UNION proposed that—
- Bargaining unit employees at six UNICOR facilities would
work the same “‘pilot’ 5-4/9” compressed work schedule—working
7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on nine-hour days and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on eight-hour
days.
- Unit employees and inmates working at UNICOR facilities would
take the second Friday of the pay period off.
- Unit employees would "work a paid lunch;" inmates
would have the option of working or not working through lunch.
- The warden would have the discretion to move inmates from
the cells to the work site at either 7:15 or 7:30 a.m. At the
end of the workday the warden would have the same discretion--moving
inmates back to their cells "at 3:30 p.m. on Monday through
Thursday, and at 2:30 p.m. of the alternate Friday."
Alternatively, to avoid shutting down UNICOR's operations on any
day during the pay period, the UNION proposed a second pilot 5-4/9
compressed schedule with different days off for each department
that would rotated on a pay period or quarterly basis. Other features
of the Union's proposal were unchanged.
The AGENCY determined that the 5-4/9 compressed work schedule proposed
by the Union, if established, would likely have an adverse impact
on the Agency's operations: service to the public would be interrupted,
production days would be lost, and UNICOR's business office and
warehouse functions that must be performed every day would be disrupted.
The PANEL found that proposal one would likely have an adverse
impact and ordered the Union to withdraw it. The parties were ordered
to negotiate over the Union's alternative second proposal.
ALTERNATIVE
WORK SCHEDULE
Department of the Navy, Naval Aviation Depot, Jacksonville,
Florida and Local 1943, National Federation of Federal Employees,
Federal District No. 1, IAM&AW, AFL-CIO, Case No. 99 FSIP
160, March 16, 2000 (Release No. 430).
The UNION essentially proposed that employees relocated from the
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville (NAS JAX) to refurbished office
space several blocks away at Cecil Field, and "all full-time
employees affected by the relocations at the Jacksonville Electric
Authority (JEA) Building in downtown Jacksonville, the Lake Gray
facility, and Building 2, 168 and 101UA at the NAS JAX, be given
the option of working a standard 8-hour-a-day schedule, a 5-4/9,
or a 4/10 [compressed work schedule]."
The AGENCY proposed that bargaining unit employees at Cecil Field
be allowed to work a 5-4/9 compressed work schedule for a nine month
test period, in addition to the standard 8-hour, 5 day-a-week schedule.
The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the AGENCY's proposal, as
modified, and to include the following provision:
An employee who works under a 5-4/9 CWS shall begin work at
a fixed time each day at any 15-minute increment between the hours
of 6 and 8 a.m. The employee's starting time is to be determined
with supervisory concurrence and shall remain the same throughout
the [nine]-month trial period unless supervisory approval is obtained
for a deviation.
The 5-4/9 CWS shall remain in place in the event that the parties
reopen their negotiations to determine whether it should continue
to be implemented as tested, modified or terminated.
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