The Minnesota Alternative Scheduling Statement (MASS) is a tool used by Minnesota employers to manage the scheduling of their employees. The MASS is an agreement between employers and employees that outlines the expectations for work shifts, hours, and other scheduling arrangements. The MASS is designed to provide employers with the flexibility to adjust their employees’ schedules as needed to accommodate changing customer demand, business needs, and employee preferences. It also provides employees with greater work/life balance by allowing them to more easily adjust their hours and schedules. The MASS contains two main types of scheduling arrangements: flexible scheduling and alternative scheduling. With flexible scheduling, employers can adjust the hours, days, and days of the week that an employee works, as long as the total number of hours worked per week remains the same. With alternative scheduling, employees can work a fixed number of hours in a given week, and then schedule the remainder of their hours on a flexible basis. The MASS is intended to protect both employers and employees, and to ensure that the rights of both parties are honored. It is a voluntary agreement, and both employers and employees must sign it in order to make it legally binding.