The Accuhealth Clinic in North Dallas specializes in treating workers compensation injuries for postal and other federal employees. Their multidisciplinary staff consists of medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, psychologists, and other health care professionals dedicated to providing the best in patient care and treatment. Accuhealth also retains a former OWCP claims examiner on staff who […]
WASHINGTON — Post Offices nationwide will be open Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31. Most Post Offices will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon on these dates. Regular mail delivery will be unaffected by the change. Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial […]
California Postal Vehicle Service employees who have been identified as impacted by the USPS decision to subcontract PVS operations in the state and who have indicated their intent to accept the USPS Voluntary Early Retirement offer now have until Jan. 31, 2013, to revoke their decision. The extension of the deadline is the result of […]
New GAO reports provide further evidence that cuts to FECA benefits are unfair November 29, 2012 Washington, DC – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two new reports this week that analyzed changes to the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act and their impact on Federal employees and Postal Service employees. GAO found that proposed cuts to […]
The Village Post Office (VPO) model has proved to be extremely popular in the hamlets and towns of rural Indiana, resulting in a surge in the number of VPOs opening in Greater Indiana District. Recently, the 75th VPO in the nation opened in the Glenwood, IN, Mini Mart. Glenwood was the 14th VPO to open […]
Incentive offer deadline APWU employees face decision Full-time career employees in the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) bargaining units have until Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at 8:30 p.m. EST to take advantage of their special incentive offer. Part-time employees and non-traditional, full-time employees with schedules less than 40 hours per week have until Jan. 4, […]
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Analysis of Proposed Changes on USPS Beneficiaries GAO-13-142R, Nov 26, 2012 What GAO Found Under our simulation, compensating all USPS FECA beneficiaries at 70 percent of wages at the time of injury reduced the overall median wage replacement rate—the percentage of take-home pay replaced by FECA—from 88 to 84 percent. In […]
The APWU is expanding a pilot program for the Electronic Grievance System (EGS), APWU Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has announced. Two hundred APWU locals are currently participating in the program, which is the result of an August agreement with the USPS. “We are expanding the pilot to allow additional locals to participate through […]
USPS Ready to Deliver on Record Spending Cyber Monday Americans expected to spend more than $1.2B on Nov. 26 WASHINGTON — Count on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the record amount of purchases 130 million Americans are expected to make on Cyber Monday 2012, the biggest online spending day ever. According to the National […]
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and count our blessings, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you for your hard work this year. You did a tremendous job in the face of significant challenges. You kept the mail moving through several natural disasters, including the western wildfires, the summer derecho […]