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opting for a 10 percent reduction to produce a workweek of 3 days of 8.5

hours and 1 day of 8.25 hours. Such a schedule would generate savings for

the employee of commuting expenses, childcare costs, etc. An alternative
work schedule which applies to a single employee is considered to be an

individualized work schedule and does not require approval through the
normal Alternative Work Schedule approval process.

8. Effect on Benefits and Status
The effect of participation in the VRWS program on benefits and status

is outlined in Appendix A.
9. Effect on Overtime Payment for Overtime Eligible Employees

Scheduled absences charged to VR credits, unlike absences charged to
leave credits, are not the equivalent of time worked for purposes of

determining eligibility for overtime payments at premium rates within a
workweek. For example, an employee who, under an 80 percent VRWS

schedule, works four days, charges the fifth day to VR credits, and is called
in to work a sixth day, will not be considered to have worked the fifth day

and thus will not be entitled to premium rate payments on the sixth day.
Similarly, VR credits earned, banked and charged after the payroll period

in which they are earned are not counted in determining eligibility for
overtime in the workweek in which they are charged. However, employees

who work full time at reduced salary and bank VR credits who, as the result
of working and charging leave accruals other than VR credits, exceed their

normal 37.5 or 40-hour workweek continue to be eligible for overtime
compensatory time and paid overtime in that workweek as appropriate.

Sections 135.2(h) and (i) of Part 135 of the Budget Director’s Overtime

Rules are waived to the extent necessary to permit payment of overtime
compensation to overtime-eligible employees who are participating in this
program.

10. Discontinuation or Suspension of VRWS Agreements

Although VRWS agreements are for stated periods of time, they can be
discontinued by mutual agreement at the end of any payroll period. VR

agreements may be discontinued, at management discretion, when an
employee is promoted, transferred or reassigned within an agency, facility

or institution, although VR credits must be carried forward on the
employee’s time record.

VR agreements may also be discontinued when an employee moves

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