(a) The number of basic working hours for each full time employee shall be forty (40) hours per week, except that in the fire department the work week may be modified as permitted by the Fair Labor Standards Act, but such work week shall not be less than forty (40) hours per week.
(b) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 23-391(B), city employees are authorized to work forty (40) hours in fewer than five (5) working days subject to their classification being approved by the city manager if, in his discretion, city services can be maintained or improved.
(c) The city manager is also authorized, consistent with subsections (a) and (b) above, to review and approve additional alternate work schedules for city employees if the city manager decides, in his discretion, that city services can be maintained or improved.
(1953 Code, ch. 10, § 38; Ord. No. 1980, § 8, 11-16-59; Ord. No. 3318, § 1, 9-2-69; Ord. No. 5000, § 14, 6-25-79; Ord. No. 7369, § 22, 3-12-90; Ord. No. 9183, § 1, 1-4-99)