May 15, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding employees that they can participate in politics â but only while they are off duty and not wearing a uniform. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, while wearing a federal uniform or identification badge, while on federal property…
May 15, 2023 NALC and USPS have agreed to memorandum of agreement (M-01988) pursuant to the May 24, 2022, Memorandum of Understanding Re: City Delivery Staffing Adjustment â Hiring Part-Time Flexible City Letter Carriers (M-01986), providing an additional seven installations in which the Postal Service will convert all city carrier assistants to part-time flexible (PTF)…
Background The Postal Service provides customers the ability to track the status of their packages online at USPS.com using the USPS TrackingÂź website. Examples of messages displayed for customers are âArrived at USPS Facilityâ, âIn Transit to Next Facilityâ, âDeparted USPS Facilityâ, or âOut for Deliveryâ. The Postal Service also provides certain tracking definitions on…
A little-known benefit for postal workers is unemployment compensation. Not one word is on LiteBlue. HRSSC is supposed to issue a Standard Form 8 (SF-8) to an employee each time he/she is separated from the Postal Service for any reason OR is placed in a nonpay status for 7 or more consecutive calendar days (voluntarily…
May 12, 2023 Washington, D.C – The Judges Division of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued an updated Bench Book, which replaces the last update issued in January 2022. The Bench Book serves as an NLRB trial manual and is designed to provide NLRB administrative law judges (ALJs) with a reference guide during…
May 12, 2023 WASHINGTONâSubcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled âTracking the Postal Service: An Update on the Delivering for America Plan.â The hearing will examine the Postal Serviceâs implementation of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 and the impact of Postmaster General Louis…
May 12, 2023 USPS and the Postal Inspection Service have announced expanded actions to protect employees and the security of the nationâs mail and packages as threats and attacks on letter carriers and mail fraud incidents escalate amid a national rise in crime. In fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021-Sept. 30, 2022), 412 letter carriers…
May 11, 2023 A federal court determined that a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee who had filed an injury report in 2019 was âwrongfully fired,â OSHA announced. According to a news release, the employee, who was still in the new hire probation phase, told supervisors about the injury âand applied for workersâ compensation benefits.â Before…
