Objective Our objective was to assess the Postal Serviceâs management of its employeesâ use of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). In March 2020, the president declared COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency and signed the FFCRA into law, creating two new types of leave: Up to…
From: Dean, Rickey R – Washington, DC Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9:22 AM To: LR Area Mgrs, HQ HR AREA HR MGRS Subject: Contact Tracing Program All, For your reference information, and as a reminder, attached is the Contact Tracing Program for COVID-19. The HQ COVID group has confirmed the attached is current and…
The Postal Service has updated its FAQs on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a law that requires some employers to provide workers with emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for child care. The update includes child care information that parents and caregivers will find useful for back-to-school season. The FAQs…
The Postal Service wants employees who took leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to know how it will affect their retirement deductions. The law, also known as the FFCRA, requires some employers to provide employees with emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for child care. The leave benefit went…
“Since the introduction of the new leave types, the Office of Personnel Management has provided official guidance that leave payments under the FFCRA are not eligible for retirement and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) deductions.” Related: USPS: OPM clarifies pandemic leave effect on retirement deductions
From: Vance Zimmerman <vzimmerman@apwu.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:42 AM To: APWU National Officers Subject: Department of Labor: FFCRA updated Questions and Answers All, The Department of Labor, the agency tasked with enforcing and interpreting FMLA and FFCRA laws, has recently updated their questions and answers. One of the questions I have received quite…
NPMHU – May 13, 2020 Please find linked below, a copy of the above-referenced document from the Postal Service regarding a mandatory Stand-up Talk concerning Proof of Concept Temperature Test to be Conducted in Two Postal Districts. According to the Postal Service, While the acceptance, processing and delivery of the nationâs mail and packages has…
From: Vance Zimmerman <vzimmerman@apwu.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 10:00 AM To: APWU National Officers Subject: TACS information The attached documents are related to TACS and the FFCRA. Please note that these are POSTAL SERVICE documents that they sent out to their Area Human Resources Managers to distribute to the Districts. There are links that…
