Voluntary Early Retirement

APWU: Arbitrator Denies Severance Pay Grievance

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APWU Web News Article #: 3-2017 01/06/2017 – From 2003 to 2009 the Postal Service offered a series of Voluntary Early Retirements (VER) with the approval of the Office of Personnel Management. Employees involved in these offers were not paid any severance pay. In 2008 the APWU filed a grievance concerning the failure to pay … Read more

USPS: Post Plan completion date extended – Program keeps Post Offices open by reducing hours

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The Post Plan timeline has been extended — with the program now being finalized in early January 2015. Since the program was announced more than two years ago, 9166 Post Offices have had retail operating hours adjusted based on customer use: 3,009 offices are now 6-hour a day offices 4,900 offices are now 4-hour a … Read more