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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can finregs REQUIRE you to work weekends/overtime? It is it voluntary. I hear about all these people working overtime on rulemakings and the like and all they do is complain. If it’s voluntary, why are they whining?[/quote]

It's not voluntary at the Fed. You're paid to get the work done, not to clock out at 40 hours. Anyone with a Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm attitude won't last long. Banking crises and pandemic shutdowns don't take that evenings and weekends off. [/quote]

This. I don’t work for a finreg but another agency where we’re expected to get the work done. Last week I had meetings on my calendar that spanned 10-12 hours a day. Yes I could reject them to work only 40 hours, but then I’m not doing my job. And my timesheet only lets me put in 40 hours each week. If I say I worked more, HR would just tell me that I didn’t indicate that I worked more and I should just refuse to work longer hours. [/quote]

you're supposed to get the work done, AND the work is reasonably only expected to take 80 hours per pay period.

timecard fraud is basically the only non-crime a permanent employee can get fired for. undercharging hours IS ALSO TIMECARD FRAUD.

I'm not talking about an occasional opposite-coast conference call or briefing that went over, but if your management is *regularly* expecting you to work 12 hour days without allowing for a flex schedule, credit hours, comp time, or overtime, then your management is asking you to commit timecard fraud.

Being mad at employees who work their 80 hours a pay period and clock out rather than at the management that is asking you to lie on your time card is definitely a choice. (a bad one.)

OTOH, if you ended up in over your head and regularly take 10 hours to complete tasks that your peers can do in 8, thats more of a grey area. If that is caused by a disability, then it might be worth asking for reasonable accommodation.

If your agency has a union (I know FRB does not), talk to your union rep. [/quote]

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