{"id":18473,"date":"2017-03-03T10:51:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=18473"},"modified":"2017-03-03T10:51:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:51:41","slug":"usps-aims-to-make-leave-data-clearer-for-postal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/03\/03\/usps-aims-to-make-leave-data-clearer-for-postal-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Aims to Make Leave Data Clearer For Postal Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><a title=\"This chart explains the revised display for annual leave. A version of the chart is included in a letter that USPS recently mailed to all leave-earning employees. Click the image to enlarge it.\" href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PayStubs_large-story.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[23701]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width size-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PayStubs_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PayStubs_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PayStubs_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PayStubs_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PayStubs_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"USPS employee pay stub chart\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\">This chart explains the revised display for annual leave. A version of the chart is included in a letter that USPS recently mailed to all leave-earning employees. Click the image to enlarge it.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/3\/17 &#8211; The Postal Service is improving the way employees\u2019 leave data is displayed on their pay stubs to make the information clearer and easier to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Leave data includes the amount of annual leave and sick leave available to employees with leave-earning status.<\/p>\n<p>Improvements include the addition of new information, including the line \u201cEarned AL Balance.\u201d This field does not include an employee\u2019s advanced leave, helping employees planning to retire or separate from USPS avoid being billed for leave that is used but not earned.<\/p>\n<p>Other improvements include terminology changes to clarify what information is being given. For example, \u201cBalance\u201d is now listed as \u201cAvailable AL Balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Changes will appear on pay stubs available the week of March 6 for 2017\u2019s fifth pay period (Feb. 18-March 3).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to better align the leave information on physical pay stubs with the information available on ePayroll,\u201d said VP Controller Maura McNerney. \u201cThese display changes will help employees\u2019 understand what leave they have available and better plan the use of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service recently mailed a letter with more details of the pay stub display changes to all leave-earning employees.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the information on your earnings statement, contact your immediate supervisor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This chart explains the revised display for annual leave. A version of the chart is included in a letter that USPS recently mailed to all leave-earning employees. Click the image to enlarge it. &nbsp; USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/3\/17 &#8211; The Postal Service is improving the way employees\u2019 leave data is displayed on their pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18477,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473\/revisions\/18477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}