Open Season benefits enrollment period ends Dec. 9

If you want to change your health benefits or enroll in a new plan, you must act now. The annual open season benefits enrollment period ends Monday, Dec. 9, at 11:59 p.m. EST. This is the last chance most Postal Service employees will have until next November to consider new health, vision, dental or flexible…

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Post Office, collection box holiday schedule announced

The Postal Service has announced holiday hours for Post Offices and blue collection boxes: • Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Some Post Offices may have limited hours Tuesday, Dec. 24. Post Offices will be open regular business hours Tuesday, Dec. 31. Blue boxes with final collection times before noon will not be affected by…

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NLRB issues decision on APWU Information Request cases

ORDER The Respondent, United States Postal Service, Albermarle, Charlotte, Concord, Fayetteville, Huntersville, Kannapolis, Kings Mountain, and Rutherfordton, North Carolina, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall 1. Cease and desist from the following in connection with the Respondent’s employees employed in the Respondent’s facilities set forth in Appendix A. (a) Refusing to bargain collectively and…

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USPS: Facilities must fly POW-MIA flag year-round

Postal Service facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag year-round under a new federal law. The law, which took effect in November, requires prominent federal buildings, national war memorials and Post Offices to fly the flag every day that the U.S. flag is flown. Although the law only requires Post Offices to fly the…

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