Project Title: Noncareer Employee Retention Start Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Estimated Report Release Date: October 2016 Employee turnover costs the Postal Service thousands of dollars per employee. Retaining employees within the organization eliminates the administrative costs of hiring new employees, training, and the impacts on performance associated with learning a new job. Although turnover…
The Postal Service has announced on Liteblue that all PSEs and non-career rural carriers (except ARCs) can enroll in the USPS Non-Career Employee Health Benefits Plan during the Special Enrollment Period that runs from May 16, 2016 to June 30, 2016. It will be effective July 9, 2016. CCAs and MHAs are not eligible. I’ve…
April 26, 2016 The United States Postal Service will hold a three-day job fair starting this week in Sioux Falls. The job fairs will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Monday at the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation office, 811 E. 10th St. Job seekers will get individualized help…
George C. Ford – January 25, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire more city and rural carriers as “last mile” package delivery from Amazon.com, FedEx and UPS continues to grow. “We’ve really been growing the package business,” said Jim Herrmann, USPS district manager, during an interview Monday in Cedar Rapids. “Cedar Rapids-Iowa…
June 6, 2015 INDIANA (WTHI) – The United States Postal Service is looking for 700 new hires. The salary for a rural carrier associate (RCA) is $16.65 an hour plus an equipment maintenance allowance. The employee may be required to use his or her personal vehicle. However, compensation will be provided. If you are interested…
Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere – April 11, 2015 Excerpts: “Speeding and not wearing a seat belt were admittedly both very poor decisions on the part of this letter carrier, who is paying the price for his recklessness. But it is not surprising to me that he did it, because we see this sort of…
By Al Jones – February 28, 2015 KALAMAZOO, MI — The U.S. Postal Service anticipates job openings in Greater Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan. With that in mind, the service, which has been in the news in recent months for its plans to close its Kalamazoo Postal Processing Plant on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township, will…
Why do PSEs go through the demeaning process of being separated and rehired every year? Their counterparts, Rural Carrier Associates (RCAs) have been appointed without a time limitation since 1987. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the Postal Service hired “temporary indefinite” noncareer employees for entry level jobs (I was one in 1966). Their appointments…
