November 16, 2023 The 2024 APWU Leave Calendar and Leave Chart are now available on the APWU website under Frequently Requested Resources. The Leave Calendar is a great resource identifying pay periods, pay days, and holidays. The Leave Chart can be used to track current balances of advanced annual, earned annual and sick leave, as…
Background During emergencies or to address service needs, the U.S. Postal Service may require employees to perform work in excess of eight paid hours in a day or 40 paid hours in a week. Generally, hourly employees are entitled to regular overtime (OT) after working 40 hours in one week, while certain eligible employees are…
The following chart lists the 2023 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full pay period in the calendar year. The 2023 leave year begins…
Background The U.S. Postal Service uses the Time and Attendance Collection System (TACS) as the primary application to collect employee time and attendance data to capture the number of workhours employees spend working various Postal Service operations. This was a follow-up to our Timecard Administration audit issued December 9, 2020. In the prior audit we…
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Date: September 1, 2022 Subject: USPS LR RESPONSE to APWU. Fwd: [EXTERNAL] HQ Unilateral 8/11/22 Leave Entry via eRMS Directive in Violation of the Lead Clerk and TACS 9/5/2018 Settlement Agreement Please disseminate to the field. The 9/5/2018 and related documents are still controlling. I will send out that TACS guidance…
Award The Service violated the National Agreement when it failed to comply with the September 5, 2018 Step 4 Settlement Agreement and the September 9, 2021 Settlement Agreement. Accordingly, the Arbitrator issues the following: Remedy 1) The Service is ordered to comply with the National Agreement, specifically, the September 5, 2018 Step 4 Settlement Agreement…
News Release – May 25, 2022 US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PUBLISHES UPDATED FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT GUIDANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH, JOB-PROTECTED LEAVE FOR WORKERS, EMPLOYERS Law allows leave for mental health treatment for individuals, family members WASHINGTON – The National Institute of Health estimates that nearly one in five U.S. adults – or about…
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 Subject: Fwd: MDD/MIO Timekeeping and Hyper Electronic Badge Reader (HEBR) We have requested a meeting on the attached notification and will be actively involved in discussions on this matter. We will share more information at a later date. The APWU brought forward a proposal in negotiations…
