{"id":2582,"date":"2011-08-06T08:28:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T13:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2011-08-06T08:28:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T13:28:32","slug":"usps-says-commuter-program-makes-it-easier-than-ever-to-save-significantly-on-daily-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2011\/08\/06\/usps-says-commuter-program-makes-it-easier-than-ever-to-save-significantly-on-daily-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS SAYS COMMUTER PROGRAM MAKES IT EASIER THAN EVER TO SAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ON DAILY COMMUTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/USPS-News1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2583\" title=\"USPS News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/USPS-News1-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Employees who enjoy saving time and money have more reason than ever to check out the newly upgraded Commuter Program.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now easier than ever to take advantage of this program, which is administered by WageWorks. The Commuter Program enables career employees to pay for their eligible public transportation costs and parking expenses through convenient pre-tax payroll purchases on a month-by-month basis. Pre-tax means paying less in taxes, which saves money \u2014 up to 40 percent of commuting costs.<\/p>\n<p>Employees now can make elections in the month preceding the commuting month \u2014 for example, order by Aug. 10 for a September transit pass.<\/p>\n<p>Total monthly contributions will be divided into two equal payroll deductions instead of one. Commuters will have access to funds when each payroll deduction is processed. And payment options now include using a personal credit or debit card to cover account shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commuterworks4me.com\/usps\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees who enjoy saving time and money have more reason than ever to check out the newly upgraded Commuter Program. It\u2019s now easier than ever to take advantage of this program, which is administered by WageWorks. The Commuter Program enables career employees to pay for their eligible public transportation costs and parking expenses through convenient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582","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=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions\/2585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}