{"id":26657,"date":"2019-06-20T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T14:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26657"},"modified":"2019-06-20T09:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T14:02:03","slug":"usps-says-know-the-rules-about-seeking-other-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/06\/20\/usps-says-know-the-rules-about-seeking-other-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Says “Know the rules about seeking other jobs”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you try to get a job with another employer whose business could be affected by your postal work, you have a conflict of interest.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

USPS News Link – 6\/19\/19 – The Postal Service wants employees to follow the rules on seeking employment outside the organization.<\/p>\n

Federal law and the government\u2019s standards of ethical conduct don\u2019t prohibit postal workers from seeking a job with any particular employer.<\/p>\n

However, employees can\u2019t seek or accept another job if it presents a conflict of interest with their current duties. In other words: If you try to get a job with another employer whose business could be affected by your postal work, you have a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

Under the rules, a postal worker is considered to be seeking employment if he or she sends a resume to a non-federal person or organization. Also, if the worker contacts a prospective employer about a job, that worker is considered to be seeking employment \u2014 unless the contact is only to request an application.<\/p>\n

Additionally, if a potential employer contacts a postal worker about a possible job and the worker\u2019s response is anything other than \u201cno, thank you,\u201d the worker is considered to be seeking employment.<\/p>\n

To ensure you don\u2019t violate the code of conduct or break the law, you should contact the USPS Ethics Office before exploring outside employment. If you seek employment with an outside employer while continuing to work on postal matters, you could be subject to both administrative discipline and criminal penalties.<\/p>\n

Throughout 2019, the Postal Service is educating employees about the federal government\u2019s\u00a0principles and standards<\/a><\/em>\u00a0of ethical conduct.<\/p>\n

In addition to employment matters, the campaign has covered\u00a0avoiding financial conflicts of interest involving close relatives<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0avoiding general financial conflicts of interest<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0community service activities<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0misuse of position<\/a><\/em>, and the\u00a0general standards of ethical conduct<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

NOTE: <\/strong>PEN cannot answer questions regarding this USPS article – contact your postal manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you try to get a job with another employer whose business could be affected by your postal work, you have a conflict of interest. USPS News Link – 6\/19\/19 – The Postal Service wants employees to follow the rules on seeking employment outside the organization. Federal law and the government\u2019s standards of ethical conduct […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26657","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\/26657","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=26657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26659,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26657\/revisions\/26659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}