From: Lynn Pallas-Barber Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 1:04 PM To: Regional Coordinators; Clerk Division NBA Cc: Clint Burelson; Lamont Brooks; Mark Dimondstein Subject: PSE to PTF To all: Per a recent concern from the field and the conversion of PSE to PTF per the 50 mile radius the following is a summary from President…
Last year, $1 billion of Postal Service money went to recipients of workers compensation. But the rules that govern how agencies compensate federal employees when they’re hurt on the job haven’t changed since 1974. Monique Colter is an audit director for the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Postal Service. On In Depth with…
This year’s Federal Benefits Open Season, which runs from Monday, November 10, 2014 through Monday, December 8, 2014. The 2014 Open Season information will be posted by OPM by the first week in November. The open enrollment period (“Open Season”) is when federal employees, retirees and annuitants can enroll, change or cancel their participation in…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled on two important intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave issues in Hansen v. Fincantieri Marine Group. First, the court determined that the FMLA does not require a plaintiff to present expert testimony to prove he was incapacitated for each day for which…
Immediate Release – August 21, 2014 Top Postal Executive’s Visit Draws Protest (Vancouver, WA) Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman drew the ire of dozens of postal workers and community allies when he visited Vancouver this morning. Carrying signs, picketing and chanting, the protesters massed at the entrance to the 2014 Mailers Conference at the Convention…
