{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s6121","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6121.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f6121.\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this subchapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cagency\u201d means any Executive agency, any military department, the Government Publishing Office, the Library of Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Botanic Garden;\n(2) \u201cemployee\u201d has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of\nsection 2105 of this title\n(3) \u201cbasic work requirement\u201d means the number of hours, excluding overtime hours, which an employee is required to work or is required to account for by leave or otherwise;\n(4) \u201ccredit hours\u201d means any hours, within a flexible schedule established under\nsection 6122 of this title\n(5) \u201ccompressed schedule\u201d means\u2014\n(A) in the case of a full-time employee, an 80-hour biweekly basic work requirement which is scheduled for less than 10 workdays, and\n(B) in the case of a part-time employee, a biweekly basic work requirement of less than 80 hours which is scheduled for less than 10 workdays;\n(6) \u201covertime hours\u201d, when used with respect to flexible schedule programs under sections 6122 through 6126 of this title, means all hours in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week which are officially ordered in advance, but does not include credit hours;\n(7) \u201covertime hours\u201d, when used with respect to compressed schedule programs under sections 6127 and 6128 of this title, means any hours in excess of those specified hours which constitute the compressed schedule; and\n(8) \u201ccollective bargaining\u201d, \u201ccollective bargaining agreement\u201d, and \u201cexclusive representative\u201d have the same meanings given such terms\u2014\n(A) by section 7103(a)(12), (8), and (16) of this title, respectively, in the case of any unit covered by chapter 71 of this title; and\n(B) in the case of any other unit, by the corresponding provisions applicable under the personnel system covering this unit.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s6121.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6121."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cagency\u201d means any Executive agency, any military department, the Government Publishing Office, the Library of Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Botanic Garden;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cemployee\u201d has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2105 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t5/s2105","tail":", except that such term also includes an employee described in subsection (c) of that section;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cbasic work requirement\u201d means the number of hours, excluding overtime hours, which an employee is required to work or is required to account for by leave or otherwise;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ccredit hours\u201d means any hours, within a flexible schedule established under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 6122 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t5/s6122","tail":", which are in excess of an employee\u2019s basic work requirement and which the employee elects to work so as to vary the length of a workweek or a workday;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201ccompressed schedule\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/5/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of a full-time employee, an 80-hour biweekly basic work requirement which is scheduled for less than 10 workdays, and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/5/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of a part-time employee, a biweekly basic work requirement of less than 80 hours which is scheduled for less than 10 workdays;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201covertime hours\u201d, when used with respect to flexible schedule programs under sections 6122 through 6126 of this title, means all hours in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week which are officially ordered in advance, but does not include credit hours;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s6121/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201covertime hours\u201d, when used with respect to compressed schedule programs under sections 6127 and 6128 of this title, means any hours in excess of those specified hours which constitute the compressed schedule; 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