{"id":29779,"date":"2020-12-08T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29779"},"modified":"2020-12-08T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:02:39","slug":"postal-employees-urged-to-use-direct-deposit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/12\/08\/postal-employees-urged-to-use-direct-deposit\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal employees urged to use direct deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2020\/12\/08\/paychecks-reminder\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> &#8211; 12\/08\/20 &#8211; If you don\u2019t use direct deposit to receive your Postal Service paycheck, the organization wants you to sign up as soon as possible to avoid potential network disruptions caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>coronavirus pandemic<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While no disruptions are expected, taking advantage of the direct deposit option is a wise precautionary measure. 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, Dec. 16, 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, Dec. 22, for the Thursday, Dec. 24, payday. (The payday occurs one day earlier than usual because Christmas falls on a Friday.)<\/p>\n<p>To sign up for direct deposit, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Go to\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">liteblue.usps.gov<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and log in if prompted to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Select PostalEASE under \u201cEmployee 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><em><strong>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.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29303\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Newslink-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Newslink-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Newslink.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 12\/08\/20 &#8211; If you don\u2019t use direct deposit to receive your Postal Service paycheck, the organization wants you to sign up as soon as possible to avoid potential network disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. While no disruptions are expected, taking advantage of the direct deposit option is a wise precautionary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29779","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\/29779","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=29779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29781,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29779\/revisions\/29781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}