Managing intermittent FMLA leaves is often challenging for employers. However, a recent case reinforces the requirement that employees must comply with reasonable call-in procedures to report FMLA absences. Following a recent trend among federal courts, a federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed an employeeâs FMLA claim because she failed to follow her employerâs call-in procedures to…
Carl in the Morning – Thursday June 26, 2014 Dave Peiser was on Carl Wolfson’s current events radio show on XRAY.FM this morning, and talked about Darrell Issa’s war on the US Postal Service, renewable energy, rising sea levels and Republican obstructionism. Dave’s portion of the show starts at about 31 minutes in (31:28 to…
SWISHER, Iowa – A United States Postal Service plan to save money by cutting hours at rural post offices is coming closer to completion. And in the first two full weeks of July, that will mean public hearings with postal officials in 70 Iowa communities to talk about service cutbacks. Postal customers in many smaller…
The Postal Service’s financial crunch means that it is delivering mail with some old trucks. Nearly all of its 190,000 vehicles are gas guzzlers from the 1990s. This is the type of problem that keeps Chief Sustainability Officer Tom Day up at night. He joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to…
Leading congressional Republicans strongly support U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoeâs plan to save $2 billion a year by eliminating Saturday letter delivery. Yet on Wednesday, party members defied their leadership and joined Democrats to pass an amendment to the House appropriations bill that would keep letters, bills, and junk mail flowing six days a week….
A few packages on a desk at the U.S. Postal Inspection Service office in South Boise were set aside because postal employees thought they were suspicious. A note on one mailed from Fruitland to an address in Clemmons, N.C., said, “Smells like coffee. Possible drugs?” A package from Colorado intercepted on its way to a…
Effective June 10, 2014, the Postal Service⢠reissued its Postal Service Policy on Workplace Harassment. This policy: Includes a reference to military service in accordance with the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act signed into law November 21, 2011, which expands protections against workplace disÂcrimination based on military status under the UniÂformed…
Effective June 26, 2014, the Postal Service⢠is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) subchapÂter 5, due to the following: In January 2013, the Department of Labor/Office of Workersâ Compensation Programs (DOL/OWCP) updated its website that included injury compensaÂtion basic forms which are required to record and report a work-related injury. ELM section…
