{"id":27271,"date":"2019-09-18T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27271"},"modified":"2019-09-18T07:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:13:29","slug":"hatch-act-makes-most-politicking-off-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/09\/18\/hatch-act-makes-most-politicking-off-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatch Act makes most politicking off limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EthicsHatchAct_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EthicsHatchAct_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EthicsHatchAct_large-story-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EthicsHatchAct_large-story-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EthicsHatchAct_large-story-102x85.jpg 102w\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>The Hatch Act prohibits USPS and other federal employees from engaging in political activity in the workplace.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 9\/17\/19 &#8211; The 2020 presidential primary season is around the corner, and so USPS is reminding employees to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2018\/10\/23\/breaking-the-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow the rules<\/a><\/em>\u00a0established under the Hatch Act.<\/p>\n<p>The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and other federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property, or while inside a federal vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>These rules apply to activities on behalf of \u2014 or in opposition to \u2014 a candidate, a political party or a political group.<\/p>\n<p>Postal Service employees are prohibited from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using their postal authority to influence the results of an election or the political activity of contractors, vendors or others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Being candidates in partisan elections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Engaging in political fundraising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There also are restrictions on employees\u2019 use of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2018\/07\/30\/special-provisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in connection with political activities.<\/p>\n<p>Postal employees may participate in nonpartisan political activities, but should consult the Ethics Office at\u00a0<em><a>ethics.help@usps.gov<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to ensure that such activities are purely nonpartisan.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2019, the Postal Service is educating employees about the federal government\u2019s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/01\/10\/a-public-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">principles and standards of ethical conduct<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics recently covered include\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/06\/25\/post-postal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking employment after leaving USPS<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/05\/14\/relationship-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">avoiding financial conflicts of interesting involving close relatives<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/04\/18\/serving-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">general community service activities<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hatch Act prohibits USPS and other federal employees from engaging in political activity in the workplace. USPS News Link &#8211; 9\/17\/19 &#8211; The 2020 presidential primary season is around the corner, and so USPS is reminding employees to\u00a0follow the rules\u00a0established under the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27271","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=27271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27272,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27271\/revisions\/27272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}