USPS: Federal guidelines on exchanging gifts with co-workers
The Postal Service wants employees to remember the federal guidelines on exchanging gifts with co-workers.
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USPS Ethics Awareness Week runs Aug. 18-22 this year
The annual campaign aims to educate employees on the importance of conducting themselves with integrity and help the organization maintain its trusted reputation.
USPS: If a relative reports to you, there can be no favoritism
USPS employees cannot hire, supervise or promote a relative under federal ethics rules.
USPS prohibits nepotism in the workplace: Employees can’t hire or promote a relative
August 16, 2024 The Postal Service is marking USPS Ethics Awareness Week by reminding employees that nepotism is prohibited in the workplace. Under the rules, USPS employees cannot hire or promote a relative, which is defined as a spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, in-law, stepparent, stepsibling or half sibling. Employees are … Read more
Postal Service reminds employees that federal anti-nepotism rules apply at USPS.
February 15, 2023 The Postal Service would like to remind employees that federal anti-nepotism rules apply at USPS. Employees are forbidden to directly or indirectly appoint, employ, promote or advance a relative. Advocating for such actions on behalf of a relative is also prohibited. A spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, … Read more
The Return Of Postal Cronyism
Do you remember the days of postal cronyism? A time when postmasters and managers filled post offices with those who were connected . Getting a job wasn’t about your abilities, but about “who you knew.” You don’t remember those times? Well, neither do I. That’s because a long time ago, our union fought to abolish … Read more
USPS Mismanagement Cronyism and Nepotism = Failure
I am watching c-span and the question about mismanagement in the post office was asked. The question was side stepped. In our area the people promoted over the years have been craft employees with terrible work histories, friends of the manager choosing the candidates, or boyfriends/ girlfriends of the manager doing the choosing. This is … Read more
The United States Postal Service: An Assault on the American Middle Class
This is a repost of a 2010 article from BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE (As relevant today as it was back then) The federal law is clear. 18 U.S.C. § 1001 reads as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch … Read more