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(a) It is the policy of the state that a forty-hour workweek shall be the standard workweek of state employees, and all pay rates established for such employees shall be based on a forty-hour workweek, except that workweeks which deviate from the forty-hour workweek may be established by appointing authorities in order to meet the varying needs of the different state agencies, and in such cases the pay rates established shall be based on the workweek so established.
(b) Every state agency shall submit information to the director of accounts and reports:
(1) Necessary for determining the number of hours per day and the number of days per week or, in case of irregular workweeks, the number of hours per week which shall constitute full-time employment for each position within its jurisdiction;
(2) showing such schedules of work time assignment that are in effect for each employee in the agency;
(3) describing the system of accruing credits and charges for all recognized annual, sick and other compensable leave for all officers and employees of the state agency who are not covered for such purposes by the Kansas civil service act and, if biweekly payroll periods are established for officers or employees of the state agency under K.S.A. 75-5501a, the balances of such accrued credits for such officers or employees on the implementation date; and
(4) specifying the terms of any contractual obligations that affect any employment relationship.
(c) Nothing in this section shall apply to individual elective state officers.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 75. State Departments; Public Officers and Employees § 75-5505. Same; standard 40-hour workweek established; exception, when; submission of information to director of accounts and reports; inapplicability to elective state officers - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-75-state-departments-public-officers-and-employees/ks-st-sect-75-5505/
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