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Sheri, We had an FCS agent in a small county that worked half time (0.5 FTE). That worked very well in this case. We would not support an agent working from home because of the nature ofnthe educational programs for which they are responsible and the political implications of a public servant not being accessible. Take care, Herb Sent from my iPad On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:06 AM, "Sheri Schwab" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello Colleagues! I hope this Friday is going smoothly for you all and you are looking forward to your well-deserved weekend. Saturday I have the awesom opportunity to go to Ashe County, NC, to see the White House Christmas Tree be cut from one of our NC Farms, making this County the proud provider of more White House Christmas Trees than any other county in the Nation! Pretty neat. Our Extension Agents have even made a book on the tree to present to Sasha and Malia! Now, on to business..... We are receiving more requests for flexible work arrangements by our agents, in particular our female agents with young children in need of some childcare arrangements. Like you all do, we offer flexible schedules within each day, as we would with any FLSA-exempt employee. Have any of you authorized other types of arrangements, such as: a) dropping to .75 fte as an agent (and the agent works, say, 8-3:30?) b) Working 3 days in the office and 2 "from home"? c) Other? If so, what type of documentation/arrangement did you set up? How it is working? How did you communicate it to your organization, or are you handling on a 1-1 basis? We want to be family friendly, and with the dispersed geography cannot offer the same types of amenities as on campus (e.g. on-campus childcare at reduced price). Any great ideas/solutions out there? Thanks! Sheri -- Sheri L. Schwab Associate Director of the NC Cooperative Extension Service and Director of County Operations NC State University www.ces.ncsu.edu<http://www.ces.ncsu.edu> 919.515.1381 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Empowering People. Providing Solutions. All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.