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Employee participation in AWS is subject to management approval. In addition, supervisors may require
an employee's presence during specific hours for a certain period of time or a particular meeting.
Management may at any time alter a previously approved schedule to accommodate the requirement for
meetings, travel, training, conferences, and other essential work-related activities.

Augusta supports the concept of AWS which includes the use of all the approved options described in this
Section. The needs of the employees must be balanced with the ability of Augusta to accomplish its mission.
Department Directors are expected to work with employees to allow maximum flexibility utilizing AWS,
while at the same time ensuring the mission is accomplished. Augusta encourages Department Directors to
utilize a team-based approach in establishing AWS.

POLICY

Augusta supports and promotes Alternative Work Schedules that enhance the government’s capacity to
respond appropriately, effectively, and timely to daily work requirements and serve the needs of the
community.

Augusta management and eligible employees will adhere to the established procedures for requesting and
approving AWS in a way that accounts for overall performance of the agency and the accomplishment of
its mission.

Augusta’s AWS takes into account the schedules of Public Safety agencies and assures that there is adequate
coverage during official operational hours and in times of emergency.

Procedures for emergency situations and communication plans must be clearly delineated by the respective
Public Safety Department to ensure adequate coverage in times of emergency.
Proper record maintenance, certification and timekeeping procedures and processes must be clearly
delineated and adhered to.

A. Program Structure/Elements

1. Flexible Schedules: The basic work requirement for a full-time employee will consist of 7.5 hours
in a day, 37.5 hours in a week, and 75 hours in a biweekly period.

2. Compressed Schedules: A full-time employee must work 75 hours in a biweekly period but may
be scheduled to work fewer than 10 workdays.

3. In (1) and (2) above, the biweekly period must coincide with the pay period.

4. Overtime, Holiday, and Compensatory Time: Overtime must be requested and authorized by
supervisors in advance. If an employee is required by management to work hours which are in
excess of forty (40) hours, such hours must be compensated as either compensatory time or overtime
in accordance with the premium pay provisions of Title 5 and Title 38 of the United States Code
and the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

5. Lunch Periods: The official lunch period is 1 hour, but may vary by Department. Employees may
not skip lunch time in order to leave work early without the prior approval of the Department
Director. The schedules described below are referring to working hours and do not include the 1
hour lunch break.

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