The tour of duty is defined by the particular schedule the installation or organization chooses to establish. For all compressed work schedules, the tour of duty is arranged in such a way that employees on these schedules will fulfill their basic work requirements in less than 10 days during the biweekly pay period. Compressed work schedules are always fixed schedules.
Three basic types of compressed work schedules are:
1. Four-day Workweek
2. Three-day Workweek
3. 5-4/9 Plan
Supervisors should be cautioned that compressed work schedules place more responsibility on both the supervisor and the employees and requires a greater measure of trust and confidence between parties.
Regulatory guidance is available on how to deal with overtime and other premium pay provisions, compensatory time off, leave, excused absence, holidays, temporary duty, and travel when compressed schedules are established.
| REF: n Title 5 USC Ch 61 Subchapter II n 5 CFR Part 610 |
