Biden nominates former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh for USPS Board of Governors seat

March 15, 2024 President Joe Biden has nominated Martin J. Walsh, a Massachusetts resident, to be a member of the USPS Board of Governors. Walsh previously served as U.S. labor secretary. The nomination will be for the remainder of a seven-year term expiring Dec. 8, 2029. The U.S. Senate must confirm nominees before they join the board….

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USPS OIG Report: Emergency Preparedness – Winter Storm Elliott

Background The U.S. Postal Service provides customers across the nation mail service six days a week as required by law. In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott arrived in Western New York, and within minutes, winds went from 10 to 70 miles per hour and brought about 36 inches of snow over four days. During a…

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USPS Postal Service Health Benefit Plan informational video series is now available

March 13, 2024 USPS Postal Service Health Benefit Plan informational video series is available under MyHR on the blue page. Here is a summary of the five part video series that is designed to answer many of your questions about the new plan that will take effect on January 1, 2025 and will affect every…

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OPM Releases Approved PSHB Program Carrier Applicants

OPM News Release – March 13, 2024 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a list of conditionally approved carrier applicants today to participate in OPM’s new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for U.S. Postal Employees and their families. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 requires that OPM establish this new…

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PMG DeJoy Statement on 30-day Sentence for Armed Robbery of USPS Letter Carrier

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy released the following statement regarding a recent 30-day sentence for a criminal involved in the armed robbery of a Postal Service letter carrier in San Francisco: “It is simply unacceptable that a criminal was sentenced to a mere 30-days for threatening a letter carrier at gunpoint and stealing…

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APWU Pay Rates Effective March 9, 2024

APWU Rates – Effective March 9, 2024 More information for APWU members about pay and benefits including pay scales, COLA information, promotion charts and leave allowances is available here. Source: APWU

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USPS: IRS Reporting Requirements for Attorney Fees, Back Pay, or Wages

March 7, 2024 The purpose of this notice is to ensure that employees are aware of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) income reporting requirements when attorney fees are awarded. In 2005, the IRS issued regulations that changed how attorney fee awards are to be treated for tax reporting purposes, based upon the Supreme Court’s decision…

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