Five months to go before the holiday shopping season and online retailers are already getting Scrooged. UPS recently announced it will levy new âpeakâ surcharges on packages delivered to residences between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ground residential deliveries will cost 27 cents more per package in the last two weeks of November and the week before…
Kristin Deshazo takes pride in the appearance of her retail lobby. The Ramona, CA, retail associate knows her customers expect a neat and clean area that has the materials they need to do business with USPS. âI begin each day by checking the lobby to make sure the Priority Mail boxes are fully stocked and…
“The Postal Service has an obligation to make every effort to find work for compensably injured workers. That obligation can only be enforced when compensably injured workers provide sufficient medical evidence detailing which specific work duties they are capable of performing. While many doctors have their own forms for describing work restrictions, compensably injured workers…
On Saturday I received my “Blue Book” for my retirement date of September 1, 2017. I called Human Resources to schedule an appointment for my retirement only to be told the next available appointment was September 8, 2017, seven days AFTER I retire. I argued with them for quite a while only to slam down…
Adrian Scottâs supervisor was surprised when he asked for a day off recently. Scott, a rural carrier associate at Fairfield Station on Hilton Head Island, SC, usually accepts all available work assignments. He initially didnât explain why he was unable to work â but as the day approached, he couldnât contain his enthusiasm. After months…
The Maintenance Technical Support Center (MTSC) is a HQ level unit in Norman, OK. They are heavily involved in mail processing equipment and automation. Our ET-11 occupational group members work within MTSC and are physically domiciled in approximately 88 locations, including MTSC. This group is the subject of the new language in Article 38.7.F and…
Via Sam Wood – President, APWU – Southwest Florida Area Local: 2015-2018 APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement Highlights and Time Frames JCIM 2017 – Joint Contract Interpretation Manual – May 2017 Click Here for 2015-2018 APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement
By Franczek Radelet P.C. – June 28, 2017 The U.S. Department of Laborâs Wage & Hour Division announced today that it is bringing back the WHD Opinion Letter. Opinion letters have long been one of the most useful resources for lawyers and HR professionals trying to figure out how to comply with the laws enforced…
