credit hours permitted in a compressed work schedule
5/4/9 (Compressed Work Schedule) 1  The 5/4/9 option is a bi-weekly pay period schedule consisting of nine workdays and one day off. 2  An employee working on a 5/4/9 work schedule may elect a starting time between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. 3  By statute, credit hours cannot be earned under this election.
the guiding rule is 45 hours of work per semester for each unit of credit. For laboratory courses or their. equivalent, one credit hour is assigned for three hours of laboratory, workshop, studio, fieldwork, independent study, etc.