USPS Handbook EL-312 Revision: Sex Discrimination Policy

Effective January 28, 2021, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement, Chapters 2, 5, 6, and 7, to change the wording pertaining to USPS® policy prohibiting sex discrimination in personnel hiring and placement so that the handbook is consistent with a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued June 2020. In the decision, the…

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Handbook EL-312 Revision: Screening Process Philosophy

Effective September 1, 2016, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement, part 512, to update policy on the storage processes for certain pre-employment forms. The revision also clarifies what types of photo identification are suitable for admission to entrance examinations. Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement * * * * * 5 Suitability…

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USPS OIG: Management of Detail Assignments Follow-Up

Audit Report – DP-AR-14-007 – 09/26/2014 Background A detail assignment is the temporary placement of a career employee in another established position that is vacant or from which the incumbent is absent. U.S. Postal Service policy requires detail assignments to be made only for the shortest period of time necessary and used to meet emergencies…

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