Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
5 U.S.C. § 6126 — Flexible schedules; credit hours; accumulation and compensation
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a)** Subject to any limitation prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management or the agency, a full-time employee on a flexible schedule can accumulate not more than 24 credit hours, and a part-time employee can accumulate not more than one-fourth of the hours in such employee’s biweekly basic work requirement, for carryover from a biweekly pay period to a succeeding biweekly pay period for credit to the basic work requirement for such period.
**(b)** Any employee who is on a flexible schedule program under [section 6122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6122&num=0&edition=prelim) and who is no longer subject to such a program shall be paid at such employee’s then current rate of basic pay for—
(1) in the case of a full-time employee, not more than 24 credit hours accumulated by such employee, or
(2) in the case of a part-time employee, the number of credit hours (not in excess of one-fourth of the hours in such employee’s biweekly basic work requirement) accumulated by such employee.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 5 U.S.C. § 6126
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: 16c2acdfd495f8be2547043cf85af3eff64cdf5d370642a23796bde9ea4456f9. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_5a5b66f9e575ec6fdd7528f0
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-5/section-6126-flexible-schedules-credit-hours-accumulation-and-compensation--4b594093e0.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 4ffcb1f10e584f62f82ac2c6ec4a35d03396512077e8a4754f5662c39f7b108d
Source location: Title 5, Chapter 61, § 6126; chapter-061-hours-of-work.md
Stored source content
**(a)** Subject to any limitation prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management or the agency, a full-time employee on a flexible schedule can accumulate not more than 24 credit hours, and a part-time employee can accumulate not more than one-fourth of the hours in such employee’s biweekly basic work requirement, for carryover from a biweekly pay period to a succeeding biweekly pay period for credit to the basic work requirement for such period.
**(b)** Any employee who is on a flexible schedule program under [section 6122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6122&num=0&edition=prelim) and who is no longer subject to such a program shall be paid at such employee’s then current rate of basic pay for—
(1) in the case of a full-time employee, not more than 24 credit hours accumulated by such employee, or
(2) in the case of a part-time employee, the number of credit hours (not in excess of one-fourth of the hours in such employee’s biweekly basic work requirement) accumulated by such employee.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a)** Notwithstanding [section 6101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim), each agency may establish, in accordance with this subchapter, programs which allow the use of flexible schedules which include—
(1) designated hours and days during which an employee on such a schedule must be present for work; and
(2) designated hours during which an employee on such a schedule may elect the time of such employee’s arrival at and departure from work, solely for such purpose or, if and to the extent permitted, for the purpose of accumulating credit hours to reduce the length of the workweek or another workday.
An election by an employee referred to in paragraph (2) shall be subject to limitations generally prescribed to ensure that the duties and requirements of the employee’s position are fulfilled.
**(b)** Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, but subject to the terms of any written agreement referred to in [section 6130(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6130/a&num=0&edition=prelim), if the head of an agency determines that any organization within the agency which is participating in a program under subsection (a) is being substantially disrupted in carrying out its functions or is incurring additional costs because of such participation, such agency head may—
(1) restrict the employees’ choice of arrival and departure time,
(2) restrict the use of credit hours, or
(3) exclude from such program any employee or group of employees.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 5 U.S.C. § 6122
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a)** For purposes of determining compensation for overtime hours in the case of an employee participating in a program under [section 6122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6122&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) the head of an agency may, on request of the employee, grant the employee compensatory time off in lieu of payment for such overtime hours, whether or not irregular or occasional in nature and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 5542(a), 5543(a)(1) and section 11 So in original. The word “section” probably should not appear. 5544(a) of this title, [section 7453(e) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7453/e&num=0&edition=prelim), section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act ([29 U.S.C. 207](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section207&num=0&edition=prelim)), or any other provision of law; or
(2) the employee shall be compensated for such overtime hours in accordance with such provisions, as applicable.
**(b)** Notwithstanding the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section, an employee shall not be entitled to be compensated for credit hours worked except to the extent authorized under [section 6126 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6126&num=0&edition=prelim) or to the extent such employee is allowed to have such hours taken into account with respect to the employee’s basic work requirement.
**(c)**
(1) Notwithstanding [section 5545(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5545/a&num=0&edition=prelim), premium pay for nightwork will not be paid to an employee otherwise subject to such sec
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 5 U.S.C. § 6123
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 797
TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 6127
(i) the number of hours during which such
employee must be present for work, plus
(ii) the number of hours during which such
employee may elect to work credit hours or
elect the time of arrival at and departure
from work,
which occur outside of the nightwork hours
designated in or under such section 5545(a)
total less than 8 hours, such premium pay
shall be paid for those hours which, when com-
bined with such total, do not exceed 8 hours,
and
(B) if an employee is on a flexible schedule
under which the hours that such employee
must be present for work include any hours
designated in or under such section 5545(a),
such premium pay shall be paid for such hours
so designated.
(2) Notwithstanding section 5343(f) of this
title, and section 7453(b) of title 38, night dif-
ferential will not be paid to any employee other-
wise subject to either of such sections solely be-
cause such employee elects to work credit
hours, or elects a time of arrival or departure,
at a time of day for which night differential is
otherwise authorized, except that such differen-
tial shall be paid to an employee on a flexible
schedule under this subchapter—
(A) in the case of an employee subject to
subsection (f) of such section 5343, for which
all or a majority of the hours of such schedule
for any day fall between the hours specified in
such subsection, or
(B) in the case of an employee subject to
subsection (b) of such section 7453, for which 4
hours of such schedule fall between the hours
specified in such subsection.
(Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96
Stat. 228; amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV,
§ 403(c)(2), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 240; Pub. L.
102–378, § 2(44)(D), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 S
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 5 U.S.C. § 6126
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.