The Postal Service is switching to a new commuter benefits provider, Commuter Benefits Solutions. Through the commuter benefits program, USPS allows career employees to pay for some commuting costs using pre-tax money. The benefit can be used for public transportation, vanpools or parking. Employees who participate could save up to 40 percent on commuting costs….
In 2014, a MOU was signed by the APWU and the Postal Service regarding the filling of residual career vacancies.  The MOU states that 5 PSEs must be made career regulars before a single existing career employee can transfer into an office with a residual vacancy. PSEs are now given super seniority for open positions,…
Lorraine Mirabella – January 9, 2016 For Ashley Worthington, life as a Postal Service worker used to come with too much uncertainty. As a “postal support employee,” she said she never knew when she’d work or how many hours. She never knew if her pay would cover her bills. To make ends meet, the single…
Have you started a Postal Service career job within the last few years? If so, the date you began your career appointment determines which Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) category covers you. If you were hired after Jan. 1, 2013, and have no previous federal service â or if you had less than five years…
Web News Article #: 175-2015 08/31/2015 – In a conference call with local and state presidents, the APWUâs Clerk Division officers outlined the criteria for distributing the $56 million lump-sum penalty portion of the settlement that resolves a decades-long dispute over postmasters and supervisors in small offices performing Clerk Craft work. Clerk Craft Director Clint…
The NALC and USPS have agreed to renew three Memorandums of Understanding: Re: Full-time Regular Opportunities â City Letter Carrier Craft (M-01856), Re: Sunday Delivery â City Carrier Assistant Staffing (M-01857), and Re: Signing Overtime Lists (M-01858). The MOUs remain largely unchanged except for one significant change in M-01857, where the parties agreed that city…
Monday, April 20, 2015 âMail carrierâ was recently named as one of the 10 worst careers in the U.S., largely because of a supposedly bleak employment outlook. âHiring of mail carriers has been on a steady decline with the proliferation of email and text messaging,â CareerCast said in ranking mail carrier #191 out of 200…
Effective March 19, 2015, the Postal Service⢠is revisÂing the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Recently Public Law 112-96, the âMiddle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012â made changes to the FERS retirement law. New career employees (as designated in the statute) hired on or after January 1, 2013, will be…
