Effective February 14, 2019, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), section 831.332, to include the policy that Postal Service employees must not use a cell phone while driving on duty. Adding the cell phone policy to the ELM will put the manual in line with the policy in section…
Via Philadelphia P&DC’s newest Plant Manager (and recent Chicago transplant), Stephanie N. Harris: Cell phones are a good tool when used appropriately and safely. In an emergency, a cell phone may mean the difference between life and death. However, when a cell phone is used unsafely, it poses a safety hazard to the person on…
Why it matters A worker who violated her employerâs no cellphone use and disloyalty policies by taking selfies with coworkers that were posted online with a comment that she was âworking like an [sic] slaveâ was terminated in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), an administrative law judge recently determined. The Tinley Park…
