Voluntary Early Retirement

APWU: How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue

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Please note, the APWU cannot advise you on whether you should or should not take either retirement option.

USPS to offer retirement incentive to certain APWU and NPMHU employees

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The opportunity is for VER and optional eligible employees in certain crafts

USPS: Voluntary Early Retirement offers to most non-bargaining employees

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The Postal Service will consolidate its districts, realign its Logistics and Processing Operations divisions, and offer a voluntary early retirement option to most eligible non-bargaining employees at its headquarters, headquarters-related, area and district offices. Under a plan announced March 3, the organization’s 67 districts will be consolidated into 50. The new territories will align closely … Read more

2018 VERA “Steps At-a-Glance” provided by USPS

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The VER process requires very careful thinking on the part of eligible employees. To help you make an informed decision, please review the following quick steps and important dates. Use this summary of the instructions spelled out in the VER Offer Letter in conjunction with the annuity estimate and any other forms in the VER … Read more

USPS Now Offers Estimates of Your FERS Annuity Supplement

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USPS FERS annuity estimates on LiteBlue now include your estimated annuity supplement. The FERS annuity supplement makes a huge difference when you retire before age 62. For an average postal employee, it adds about $37 per month for each year of career FERS service. With 30 years of FERS service, the supplement adds about $1,100 … Read more

Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) information

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The Jane Doe VER Kit is an example of what eligible employees will receive this week. The NALC VER Retirement Counseling Settlement in 2013 is important because VER retirement counseling before the irrevocable date is difficult to get. Retirement counseling hasn’t improved since then. In normal times it takes 45 days to get an appointment. … Read more