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Alternate Workweek Agreements

The Department of Health and Social Services is terminating all current Alternate Workweek agreements and requiring new agreements if employees wish to continue working an alternate workweek. This is the official notification all employees currently on an alternate workweek agreement that their agreement will end on June 29, 2003. Any employee interested in continuing or obtaining an alternate workweek will need to work with their supervisor to obtain approval. It is important to remember that alternate workweeks are entered into for business reasons and not employee entitlements. Prior to obtaining the agreement the supervisor needs to assure that entering into the agreement will not harm the obligation of their unit.

Following are some questions Managers need to contemplate and discuss with the employee before entering into a Letter of Agreement or a flexible work arrangement:

  • Has this employee demonstrated above average job behaviors through meeting definite work goals?
  • Can the employee be depended upon to be productive and motivated during late/early hours with little or no supervision during those times?
  • Does the request allow the employee to meet the requirements of the position?
  • Consider who the customer is and if their needs will be met.
  • Is this a one of a kind position with no back-up position?
  • Does the request allow the employee to meet the needs of the section/supervisor?
  • Consider level of supervision this employee or job type requires.
  • Consider communication needs between employee and supervisor and employee and co-workers.
  • Consider office coverage. If you have a staff of six employees, can you have all of them on a flexible schedule if they were all to ask? If not, you must carefully select your criteria for how you will determine when you say yes.
  • Does the requested plan identify exceptions when the flexibility is not appropriate, i.e., training, staff meetings, heightened priorities, etc.

    To initiate a request for alternate workweek schedule, the workweek schedule must fit into one of the two types identified in the Alternate Workweek Master Agreements for that Union.

    (See Departmental P&P 829) The employee and supervisor must complete and sign the

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