{"id":28401,"date":"2020-03-24T18:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T23:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28401"},"modified":"2020-03-24T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T23:25:14","slug":"usps-paychecks-notice-employees-encouraged-to-use-direct-deposit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/03\/24\/usps-paychecks-notice-employees-encouraged-to-use-direct-deposit\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Paychecks Notice &#8211; Employees Encouraged to Use Direct Deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/24\/20 &#8211; The Postal Service is encouraging employees who don\u2019t use direct deposit to receive their paychecks to sign up as soon as possible to avoid potential network disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>While no disruptions are expected, the organization wants employees to enroll in the direct deposit option as a precaution. Employees who already have direct deposit aren\u2019t required to make changes.<\/p>\n<p>If you currently receive hard copy paychecks, switching to direct deposit will ensure your wages are electronically deposited directly into your personal checking or savings account each payday.<\/p>\n<p>By signing up before Wednesday, March 25, at 4 p.m. Eastern time, you can establish direct deposit and ensure your next paycheck is electronically deposited into your account.<\/p>\n<p>Enrollments submitted after this deadline will continue to be processed but the direct deposit will occur in a later pay cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Paychecks will enter the mailstream beginning Tuesday, March 31, for the Friday, April 3, payday.<\/p>\n<p>To sign up for direct deposit, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Go to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">liteblue.usps.gov<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Select PostalEASE under \u201cEmplyoee Quick Apps \u2013 Quick Links.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In PostalEASE, enter your employee identification number and password. (If you don\u2019t remember your password or need one assigned, select the \u201cforgot password\u201d option and you\u2019ll be transferred to a verification page to obtain a new password.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Under the \u201cPayroll\u201d heading, select \u201cAllotments \/ Payroll Net to Bank\u201d and complete the worksheet.<\/p>\n<p>If you have problems using PostalEASE or have questions, call the Human Resources Shared Service Center at 877-477-3273 and select Option 5, then request \u201cbenefits\u201d when prompted. The TTY number is 866-260-7507.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Please Note: For questions or concerns please see your postal manager.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26203\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usps1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usps1.jpg 282w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usps1-123x70.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/24\/20 &#8211; The Postal Service is encouraging employees who don\u2019t use direct deposit to receive their paychecks to sign up as soon as possible to avoid potential network disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. While no disruptions are expected, the organization wants employees to enroll in the direct deposit option as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28401","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\/28401","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=28401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28402,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401\/revisions\/28402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}