---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6130"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "6130"
heading: "Application of programs in the case of collective bargaining agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/6130"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart E — Attendance and Leave"
  - "Chapter 61 — Hours of Work"
  - "Subchapter II — Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules"
---

# §6130. Application of programs in the case of collective bargaining agreements

- (a)
  - (1) In the case of [employees](/usc/5/6121.md?p=2) in a unit represented by an [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16), any flexible or compressed work schedule, and the establishment and termination of any such schedule, shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter and the terms of a [collective bargaining agreement](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-8) between the [agency](/usc/5/6121.md?p=1) and the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16).
  - (2) [Employees](/usc/5/6121.md?p=2) within a unit represented by an [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16) shall not be included within any program under this subchapter except to the extent expressly provided under a [collective bargaining agreement](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-8) between the [agency](/usc/5/6121.md?p=1) and the [exclusive representative](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-16).
- (b) An [agency](/usc/5/6121.md?p=1) may not participate in a flexible or [compressed schedule](/usc/5/6121.md?p=5) program under a [collective bargaining agreement](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-8) which contains premium [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) provisions which are inconsistent with the provisions of section [6123](/usc/5/6123.md) or [6128](/usc/5/6128.md) of this title, as applicable.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 231.)