Personnel Delegation #48

JUL 24 1995

Authority Delegated and To Whom

1. Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director of Headquarters Operations by the Director, Indian Health Service(IHS), on JUL 24 1995, I hereby delegate to the Associate Director, Office of Human Resources, for employees within Headquarters, the authority to:
   1. Establish or change the working hours for full-time employees.
   2. Make exceptions to the basic workweek of five consecutive 8-hour days Monday through Friday for full-time employees in the organization in order to establish work schedules to begin on any day of the week, or to establish the first 40 hours of duty performed within a period of not more than 6 days in the administrative.vorkweek of Sunday through Saturday as the basic workweek.
   3. Establish work schedules for part-time employees.
   4. Make an exception, on an individual case basis, to the established work schedules of full-time employees for educational purposes or under other circumstances when such exception is considered to be warranted.
   5. To establish for pay purposes a regularly scheduled administrative workweek other than Sunday through Saturday.
   6. Make assignments to tours of duty when shift or rotational tours are required.

Redelgations and Restrictions

2. The authorities delegated in paragraph 1. above may be redelegated with further redelegation authorized.
3. Requirements and instructions for exercising these authorities are contained in 5 U.S.C. Chapter 61 and 5 CFR Part 610.

Prior Delegations

4. None.

Effective Date

5. This delegation is effective upon date of signature.  In addition, I hereby affirm and ratify any actions taken, which, in effect, involved the exercise of the authority delegated herein prior to the effective date of this delegation.