A compressed schedule colloquially called a "9/80" pay
plan seems to be making a comeback. Under this arrangement, the
federal Fair Labor Standards Act "workweek" and the
schedule for non-exempt employees are set so that the employees
work:
- Nine days in a two-workweek period, but
- Not more than 40 hours in either workweek.
How Does It Work?
Under a typical 9/80 arrangement, the non-exempt employee works
four 9-hour days, followed by an 8-hour workday day that is split
into 4-hour portions by the mid-day ending of the first workweek,
and then works four more 9-hour days in the second workweek. The
key is that the employee's workweek ends during the
8-hour workday, causing the first four hours worked that day to
fall into one workweek and the remaining four hours worked that day
to fall into the next workweek. In this way, the employee's
hours worked in each workweek do not exceed 40.
