Flexible Work Options are valued tools for supporting employee efforts to
balance the demands of work and personal life. These approaches involve the use
of nontraditional work hours, locations, and/or job structures and flexible
work arrangements.
Telework Program:
Telework refers to performing work at a place other than the employee's
official duty station in accordance with the terms of an employee-employer
agreement. Participation in the program is a matter of management and
supervisory discretion.
Compressed Work Schedules:
These allow you to complete your basic 80-hour (biweekly) work requirement in less
than 10 working days. There are several types of compressed work schedules; the
most common one used at NCI is the 5-4-9, where you work five 9-hour days one
week a pay period, four 9-hour days the other week of the pay period, and then
have one day off.
Flexible Work Schedules (FWS):
FWS include Flexitour, Gliding Schedule, Variable Day Schedule, and Maxiflex. These
are all variations of working hours other than the NIH standard of 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Part-Time Work/Job Sharing: The key to achieving family-friendly
workplaces in the federal government is to make full utilization of all the
personnel flexibilities and resources available. As an employer, the federal
government has long recognized the value of part-time employment. Legislation
encouraging part-time employment for federal employees has been in place since
1978.
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Voluntary Leave Transfer Program (VLTP):
VLTP enables other employees to transfer annual leave to you to cover a medical
emergency. If you have a medical condition that requires an extended absence
from work and you have exhausted your own leave, you may request approval for
participation in the leave transfer program.
Bone Marrow Donor:
If you are a bone marrow donor, you are entitled to use up to seven days of
paid leave in a calendar year to cover activities related to the donation. This
leave is not charged to your own annual or sick leave accounts.
Organ Donor:
If you are an organ donor, you are entitled to use up to 30 days of paid leave
in a calendar year to cover activities related to the donation. This leave is
not charged to your own annual or sick leave accounts.
Family-Friendly Leave Policies
Federal Leave Information
on paid annual and sick leave
10 paid Federal Holidays
Banking, child care, fitness, food/concession, interpreting, and retail services
Childcare Services
Employee Assistance Program
Fellowship Handbook
Housing referral services
NIH Work/Life Center
Recreation and Welfare Association
for NIH employees
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