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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does BVA care when you do your work? For example, if my kid has a class trip on a weekday and I want to go, but I’m willing to work a day on the weekend to keep on track and meet 40 hrs per week, does anyone care? Or are you expected to be behind the computer at set times?[/quote]

having read this thread the answer seems to be: you can probably flex out your hours by working extra on nights and weekends, as long as you get your work done... but the workload is so shitty that you'll have to be working more than 40 hours worth of work (sometimes much more if you get a bad judge). So you'll already be doing some degree of nights and weekends which will limit your ability to "catch up" if you're constantly not working during the day.

as to your specific example, I think if you're flexing out a whole day you'd need to schedule leave in case someone tries to reach you, that's a lot of work to catch up. Now if you had just wanted to flex an hour or two a few times it might be more feasible to catch up later.[/quote]

Attorneys at the Board cannot work on Saturday and Sunday to make up lost work hours. They must complete their full 40 hour tour on weekdays or take leave. Officially, only attorneys who have been approved to work [i]paid[/i] overtime can work on Saturday and Sunday - attorneys must draft additional decisions (in addition to the quota) to qualify for [i]paid[/i] overtime. In practice, many attorneys work [i]unpaid[/i] overtime on the down low just to meet the quota - if management finds out that an attorney is working unpaid overtime during the weekend, that attorney will likely face disciplinary action (it's an open secret that many Board attorneys work unpaid overtime, but management doesn't want to know about that).[/quote]

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