USPS OIG: Independent Report on Employee Benefits Submitted to Office of Personnel Management

Background This report presents the results of our performance of the procedures agreed upon by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The report responds to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s requirements to assist the OPM in assessing the reasonableness of employee withholdings and U.S….

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USPS ELM Revision: FERS Revised Annuity Employees (RAE)

Effective March 19, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revis­ing the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Recently Public Law 112-96, the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” made changes to the FERS retirement law. New career employees (as designated in the statute) hired on or after January 1, 2013, will be…

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