This includes meals and restaurant or store gift cards \u2014 as long as the value of the gift is $20 or less and the source doesn\u2019t provide any single employee with gifts that exceed $50 during a given year.<\/p>\n
In all cases \u2014 including during the current crisis \u2014 the ethics rules prohibit Postal Service employees from soliciting or asking for donations or gifts from customers, suppliers, vendors or any other outside source.<\/p>\n
The Postal Service has \u201cagency gift acceptance authority\u201d \u2014 which means it is authorized to allow gifts and certain other items for the purpose of completing its work \u2014 and the Ethics Office has determined that postal facilities may accept donated COVID-19 supplies such as hand sanitizer.<\/p>\n
However, USPS has not used its agency gift acceptance authority to accept donations of food or refreshments. If a business is proposing to drop off food for an entire facility, that type of gift would not be permitted.<\/p>\n
If an employee receives COVID-19 supplies in excess of $20 from an outside source, the employee should turn over the supplies to management for postal use.<\/p>\n
If a donor requires a signed agreement or waiver to receive such supplies, the employee should politely explain that he or she lacks the authority to sign on the Postal Service\u2019s behalf. If the donor won\u2019t give the supplies to the employee without the signed agreement, the employee should decline the donation.<\/p>\n
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