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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USPS Management Instruction on Back Pay

Management Instruction EL-430-2017-1: Back Pay Effective February 16, 2017, the Postal Service™ is issuing Management Instruction (MI) EL-430-2017-1, Back Pay, to update policy and procedures for the back pay compensation process. The document provides: A brief overview of the back pay compensation process, Information about organizational responsibilities, and The procedures for processing a claim. Once…

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‘Right to Work’ Foundation-Backed Employees Force Postal Union Bosses to Disgorge $1 Million Diverted from Backpay Award

*Site Administrator’s Note: The web site where the following article is shared from is anti-union. The information and related links are provided for informational purposes and in the interest of greater transparency. Washington, DC (Nov 22, 2016) In a significant victory for workers, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) has chosen to avoid going to trial and…

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USPS ELM Revision: Back Pay Limitations

Effective April 16, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) section 436.2 to clarify the exception which allows uncapped annual leave to be recredited, relative to the processing of a back pay claim. 4 Pay Administration 430 Basic and Special Pay Provisions 436 Back Pay 436.2 Limitations [Revise the…

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