USPS invites employees to participate in National Wear Red Day Friday, Feb. 3

The Postal Service is inviting employees to participate in National Wear Red Day Friday, Feb. 3. The day aims to raise awareness of heart disease, which is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Heart disease accounts for about 1 in every 4 deaths, according to the Centers…

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Can FMLA Leave Ever Be Used for the Flu?

By Margaret Bartiromo – January 27, 2017 The flu season has begun. According to the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s weekly updates, influenza activity is rapidly increasing in Connecticut and throughout the region. Since the flu is contagious, employees should be encouraged to stay home if they come down with the virus, but did you…

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President Trump Appoints Lipnic EEOC Acting Chair

Press Release – January 25, 2017 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Trump has named Commissioner Victoria A. Lipnic Acting Chair of EEOC. Lipnic has served as an EEOC Commissioner since 2010, having been nominated to serve by President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the Senate, initially for…

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President Trump Appoints Miscimarra NLRB Acting Chair

January 26, 2017 Washington, DC — President Donald J. Trump has named Board Member Philip A. Miscimarra Acting Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. “It is an honor to be named NLRB Acting Chairman by the President,” Miscimarra said. “I remain committed to the task that Congress has assigned to the Board, which is…

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USPS OIG: Management Advisory – Environmental Conditions at Michigan Metroplex P&DC

Background This report presents the results of our follow-up to the management alert issued February 22, 2016, regarding the malfunction of the methane detection system observed at the U.S. Postal Service Michigan Metroplex (Metroplex) Processing and Distribution Center in Pontiac, MI. The Metroplex is built on privately owned property that formerly contained a foundry, manufacturing…

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What You May Not Know About the U.S. Postal Service

By Fredric Rolando – January 26, 2017 The U.S. Postal Service delivers to 155 million homes and businesses from coast to coast, six and increasingly seven days a week. It’s based in the Constitution and is consistently rated the public’s most-trusted federal agency. The USPS is particularly critical to small towns and rural areas as…

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OIG: Are underground delivery systems realistic options for moving packages quickly?

Delivery companies are literally digging deeper to develop new systems for getting packages quickly to customers with one futuristic idea having roots in the past. Amazon received a patent for a system to deliver goods via a dedicated network of underground tunnels, according to recent news reports. The 33-page application lays out the specifications for…

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