Basic 40-hour workweek; work schedules; regulations

§ 6101. Basic 40-hour workweek; work schedules; regulations (a) The head of each Executive agency, military department, and of the government of the District of Columbia shall— (1) establish a basic administrative workweek of 40 hours for each full-time employee in his organization; and (2) require that the hours of work within that workweek be performed within a period of not more than 6 of any 7 consecutive days. (b) Except when the head of an Executive agency, a military department., or of the government of the District of Columbia determines that his organization would be seriously handicapped in carrying out its functions or that costs would be substantially increased, he shall provide, with respect to each employee in his organization, that— (1) assignments to tours of duty are scheduled in advance over periods of not less than 1 week; 80 Stat. 515 (2) the basic 40-hour workweek is scheduled on 5 days, Monday through Friday when possible, and the 2 days outside the basic workweek are consecutive; (3) the working hours in each day in the basic workweek are the same; (4) the basic nonovertime workday may not exceed 8 hours; (5) the occurrence of holidays may not affect the designation of the basic workweek; and (6) breaks in working hours of more than 1 hour may not be scheduled in a basic workday. (7) The Architect of the Capitol may apply this section to employees under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol or the Botanic Garden. The Librarian of Congress may apply this section to employees under the Library of Congress. (8) For the purpose of this section, “employee” includes an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia, but does not include an employee or individual excluded from the definition of employee in section 5541(2) of this title. (9) The Civil Service Commission may prescribe regulations, subject to the approval of the President, necessary for the administration of this section insofar as this section affects employees in or under an Executive agency.