Section 1.5. Office hours

(a) Under sections 221 and 709(d) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § § 81 and 249(d)), the Executive Board has, in a resolution dated September 26, 1985, determined the hours when the central administrative offices of State Government are to be open for the transaction of public business at least 8 hours each day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and selected holidays as determined by the Executive Board.

(b) An agency may authorize employees to work a standard schedule at hours outside the office hours shown on the schedule of office hours. An agency may assign employees to work staggered work hours to meet program or operational needs, or approve employee requests to accommodate transportation, family care, education, or other compelling reasons. An agency also may establish, with Office of Administration approval, alternate work schedules andflex-time arrangements for operational units that measurably will improve efficiency and/or client service. Such scheduling variations outside of an agency’s standard operating hours cannot impair the operational efficiency or client service provided by the agency.

(c) The opening and closing hours of field administrative offices shall be determined by each agency head in a manner consistent with its operational needs and in conformance with section 221 of The Administrative Code.

(d) Requests for changes to the schedule shall be forwarded to the Secretary of Administration, with justification, for consideration by the Executive Board.

(e) The schedule of office hours is as follows: 7:30 a.m.—4 p.m. Liquor Control Board; 7:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Civil Service Commission, Public School Employees’ Retirement System; 7:30 a.m.—5 p.m. Executive Offices, Revenue; 7:45 a.m.—4:15 p.m. Pa. Municipal Retirement System; 8 a.m.—4 p.m. Agriculture, Emergency Management Agency, Fish and Boat Commission, Game Commission, Milk Marketing Board; 8 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Environmental Protection, Insurance, Public Utility Commission, State Employees’ Retirement System, State Tax Equalization Board, Transportation, Treasury; 8 a.m.—5 p.m. Conservation and Natural Resources, Corrections, Education, General Services, Health, Labor and Industry, Public Television Network Commission, State; 8:15 a.m.— 94:15 p.m. State Police; 8:15 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Military and Veterans Affairs; 8:30 a.m.—4:45 p.m. Probation and Parole Board; 8:30 a.m.—5 p.m. Aging, Attorney General, Auditor General, Banking, Community and Economic Development, Governor’s Office, Historical and Museum Commission, Lieutenant Governor’s Office, Public Welfare, Securities Commission.

The provisions of this § 1.5 amended September 6, 1990, effective September 6, 1990; amended March 21, 2003, effective March 22, 2003, 33 Pa.B. 1452. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (236357) to (236358) and (200865).