OIG: Have You Ever Had Time You Worked Disallowed or Taken Away?

Project Title: Timecard Adjustments at Facilities in the Greater Boston District Start Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Estimated Report Release Date: July 2018 The Postal Service uses the Time and Attendance Control System (TACS) to capture work hours employees spend performing various mail processing operations. Employees record their time and the operations they work by…

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APWU Reaches Monetary Settlement with USPS on POStPlan Staffing Violations

Web News Article #: 19-2018 02/23/2018 – On February 9, the Clerk Craft reached a $49.9 million dollar settlement with the USPS on POStPlan staffing violations. The monetary settlement follows a ruling by Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg that the Postal Service violated Arbitrator Goldberg’s previous award of September 5, 2014 and a subsequent Memorandum of Understanding…

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USPS: Employees reminded to use updated notices

The Postal Service wants employees to remember to use the re-designed PS Form 3849, which carriers are required to leave when they are unable to deliver an item successfully.  The form — now called “We ReDeliver For You!” — features a simpler format with additional instructions for letter carriers, retail associates and customers. USPS began…

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USPS: Paycheck reminder

USPS employees’ latest paychecks will reflect recent changes to the withholding of federal income taxes. The organization is implementing new withholding guidelines from the IRS that dictate how much employers withhold from pay for federal taxes. Beginning Feb. 3, the fourth pay period of the year, the biweekly personal exemption value for each federal tax…

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USPS CFO Joe Corbett discusses first-quarter numbers

Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett discusses the Postal Service’s latest financial numbers in a new “Dollars and Change” video. During fiscal 2018’s first quarter (Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2017), USPS posted total revenue of $19.2 billion and controllable income of $353 million. Controllable income describes net income or net loss that is adjusted for items outside…

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Florida postal workers protest staffing shortages

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Postal Service workers and American Postal Workers Local 620 union members are protesting staffing shortages resulting in mail delays and an overextended workforce. The Key West Citizen reports Monday’s protesters collected signatures near two different USPS offices in Key West while waving signs reading “Cutting Service Is Not The…

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