Effective May 31, the Postal Service will no longer accept change of address orders from customers who call 1-800-ASK-USPS. The Call Center change of address functionality will be retired. Customers may continue to submit their change of address orders by visiting usps.com and accessing the “Change of Address” link found in the Manage Your Mail … Read more
St. Petersburg, Florida – 10 News has been warning customers for years about skimming devices attached to bank ATMs and gas station pumps. But we are now learning about a potential issue with stamp kiosks located at postal offices across the country. The issue was first reported by the website, krebsonsecurity.com, the very same online … Read more
Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco are subject to numerous mailability restrictions. These restrictions may require Postal Service™ employees to conduct age verification of the sender and/or recipient of the item, as indicated below. DMM 601.11.5.3(a): For the exception for businesses mailing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to other businesses or government agencies, the recipient must be … Read more
The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating reports that fraudsters are installing skimming devices on automated stamp vending machines at Post Office locations across the United States, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Earlier this month, I began hearing from sources in the banking industry about fraudulent debit card activity on cards that were all recently used … Read more
ALERT: ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY If you have any PTFs within your local or know any PTFs in USPS attached please find a template issued by USPS HQ to Areas and Districts on the One Time Opportunity for PTFs to “bid” on eReassign pursuant to the 3-12-14 MOU. Also a copy of a Stand Up Talk … Read more
Linked below is an excel spreadsheet that shows the residual vacancies available on the 21-day ereassign list. Clerk Craft Reassignment Opportunities 5-1-2014
G. Overtime Work PSEs PSEs shall be paid overtime for work performed in excess of forty (40) work hours in any one service week. Overtime pay for PSEs is to be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1½) times the basic hourly straight-time rate. When an opportunity exists for overtime for qualified and available full-time employees, doing similar … Read more
Requesting clarification if anyone knows whether a PSE is entitled the overtime hours after 8 hours before a FTR on the OTDL. Our PM claims she can work the PSE since the PSE is not on OT until after 40 hours.