HOW BUSINESSES CAN FULLY UTILIZE A 168-HOUR WORKWEEK
CHAPPS is a pay system that provides 24-7 service.
What is the purpose of CHAPPS?
One of the many purposes of CHAPPS is to create a schedule that will enable government agencies and private sectors to operate a full 168-hour workweek.
How does it work?
CHAPPS proposes three shifts, called tours. Each tour is equivalent to an eight-hour shift. See table 1.
The tour system can be applied to any business or organization that is willing to provide a 24-7 service. It can be done by categorizing employees into three shifts, or tours. The first batch of employees will have to report to work from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. The second batch will have to be present from 4:00 a.m. to 12:00 nn, and the third will have to go to work at 12:00 nn until 8:00 p.m. Therefore, each employee can only render 40 hours per week, or 2,080 hours per year.
The pay system
With CHAPPS, the pay period is calculated every 320 hours, or 8 weeks. Employees receive their check every two weeks, wherein each week represents 160 hours. In a year, an employee receives a total of 26 checks; the first one is the pay for the previous’ year’s last 8 weeks (which is carried over and added to the current calendar year’s 52 weeks).
For example, full-time employees who work for 8 hours a day don’t get their whole salary on payday. Rather, they only receive half of the total worth of work hours a day. So where does the rest of their money go? Refer to table 2.
Thus, full-time employees work 40 hours for the current year’s benefits and the same number of hours for the current year’s salary. They also allot 40 hours for stipend to be paid every quarter plus another 40 hours for the next year’s salary. This totals to 160 hours per week.