Today we received a final document outlining the steps that will be taken to fill vacant part time 6 hour Postmaster positions in the field. LEAGUE and NAPUS has been working with Postal Headquarters to find the best way to fill these jobs while continuing to find a landing spot for impacted Postmasters. These jobs […]
The LEAGUE office has been getting a number of questions regarding the incentive payments for those Postmasters that took the VERA with the $20,000 incentive this past summer. The LEAGUE office received the following information regarding those payments. The incentive payment is an adjustment that is included/generated in the normal payroll period pay cycle. The […]
The Postal Service has provided NAPUS with a list of Post Offices that are expected to be included in the November 17 implementation of POStPlan. These offices will be Remotely Managed Post Offices (RMPOs) that will report to Administrative Post Offices (APOs.) A list of the planned offices that are scheduled to be part of […]
Many newly Upgraded Offices Were Incorrectly Re-Classified as Non-Exempt The NAPUS national office has received a flood of inquiries from Postmasters who were recently upgraded to levels 18 and re-classified to a non-exempt status. NAPUS has notified Postal Headquarters officials that it is our position that EAS 18 Postmasters who manage two or more full […]
Saturday, Nov. 10, 1 to 3 p.m. The National Postal Museum’s 2012 Maynard Sundman Lecture will focus on the art, process and philosophy of contemporary stamp design, featuring speakers from the stamp-designing and collecting community. Speakers include Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee member Janet Klug, U.S. Postal Service art director and designer Antonio Alcalá, artist Kam […]
On Monday, the Office of the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General released the conclusions of a report it commissioned, which found that the USPS has over-funded its Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) obligations by $24 billion. Also, this week, the USPS announced that it reached its $15 billion statutory debt-limit on September 28. Finally, Connecticut […]
As a result of a telecon between USPS HQ and Field HR Officials regarding VER offerings to EAS-15 AMS Employees, the following directives were handed down: 1. AMS EAS-15 impacted employees who apply for VER and who are successfully placed after the irrevocable date (November 19, 2012), but before the VER effective date (December 31, […]
From NAPUS Will Members of Congress simply stir around when they return for a post-election lame-duck session, or will they shake things up? The latest edition of the eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin provides some insight into the political dynamics of a lame-duck session, and how it might impact post-election consideration of postal legislation. In […]
From NAPUS In a meeting with USPS leaders, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza was told that Postmasters who were upgraded to EAS 18 as a result of the 5.75 earned daily workload evaluation process will receive a 2% increase in salary, effective in the first pay period of October, 2012. (The increase may not exceed the […]
Congressional lawmakers are close to turning off the lights and heading home for the final pre-election campaign push. They have nearly checked-off their final “must-do” item before the November elections — keeping the government funded through a stopgap continuing resolution or “CR” as it’s known to Hill hands. The Senate is nearing passage of the […]