USPS is hiring nationwide, Vets and families get preference

By Tim Hudak – August 17, 2021 There may not be a stoplight in your hometown, but there’s a United States Postal ServiceÂŽ (USPS) post office. Post offices become the hub of many communities because they are reliable. It’s comforting that “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” will prevent letter carriers…

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USPS ELM Revision: Back Pay Limitations

Effective April 16, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) section 436.2 to clarify the exception which allows uncapped annual leave to be recredited, relative to the processing of a back pay claim. 4 Pay Administration 430 Basic and Special Pay Provisions 436 Back Pay 436.2 Limitations [Revise the…

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Handbook EL-312 Revision: Vacancy Announcements and Veterans’ Preference Claims

Effective February 5, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement, section 421, with updates to external vacancy announcement policy: 421 is revised with minor editorial changes. 421.1 is revised with minor editorial changes. 421.2 is revised to state that external announcements must be posted for a minimum of 5 calendar days…

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APWU: Do You Know Someone Who Needs a Job?

Web News Article #: 187-2014 10/19/2014 – If you’ve got family members or friends who are looking for work, you may want to encourage them to apply for new positions that are being created as a result of a recent APWU arbitration win, says President Mark Dimondstein. The APWU’s victory will result in the creation…

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U.S. Postal Service hiring in Washington and Idaho

The U.S. Postal Service is hiring for new non-career positions at postal facilities in Washington and northern Idaho. Positions available include city carrier assistants that deliver mail from post offices; postal support employees that work in post offices and mail handler assistants that work in mail processing facilities. These jobs could lead to career positions….

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