{"id":30267,"date":"2021-03-04T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=30267"},"modified":"2021-03-04T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:43:15","slug":"usps-restructuring-update-next-phase-includes-limited-voluntary-early-retirement-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2021\/03\/04\/usps-restructuring-update-next-phase-includes-limited-voluntary-early-retirement-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Restructuring Update – Next phase includes limited voluntary early retirement offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

USPS News Link<\/a> – 3\/3\/21 – The Postal Service will consolidate its districts, realign its Logistics and Processing Operations divisions, and offer a voluntary early retirement option to most eligible non-bargaining employees at its headquarters, headquarters-related, area and district offices.<\/p>\n

Under a plan announced March 3, the organization\u2019s 67 districts will be consolidated into 50. The new territories will align closely to state borders and provide familiar boundaries for employees and customers.<\/p>\n

District managers have been selected to lead the 50 districts, including during this transition.<\/p>\n

The marketing functions previously performed at the area and district levels will be centralized into the chief customer and marketing officer organization, including Consumer and Industry Affairs and the business mail entry units.<\/p>\n

In May, the district retail functions will be centralized into the headquarters Retail and Delivery Operations function. In the interim, the retail teams will be assigned under one of the 50 district managers.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Postal Service will create a 13th division for Logistics and Processing Operations.<\/p>\n

Logistics will be organized into four regions \u2014 each geographically aligned to one retail and delivery area \u2014 and divided into three or four divisions for a total of 13. No division or region will span more than one area.<\/p>\n

Processing Operations will be organized into two regions \u2014 each geographically aligned with two retail and delivery areas \u2014 and divided into six or seven divisions for a total of 13.<\/p>\n

The Postal Service is offering the early retirement option [PEN: see VERA below] to encourage more voluntary separations and help complete needed organizational changes with minimal disruption to the workforce. The offer will not include a separation incentive.<\/p>\n

USPS will email the voluntary early retirement offering option to eligible employees on March 4, in addition to sending a hard-copy notification to home addresses via First-Class Mail.<\/p>\n

Employees who decide to accept the offer can apply by completing and submitting the required documents by April 16; the retirements will take effect April 30.<\/p>\n

For eligible employees who decide not to accept the voluntary early retirement offer, no response is required.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Voluntary Early Retirement LiteBlue page<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has details on the offering, while the\u00a0Organizational Changes LiteBlue page<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has restructuring timelines, career planning resources and more.<\/p>\n

The district consolidations and Logistics and Processing Operations realignment are part of phased changes that the Postal Service\u00a0began<\/em><\/a>\u00a0last summer and\u00a0continued<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in the fall to improve the organization\u2019s ability to operate efficiently and better serve customers.<\/p>\n

During the next two months, USPS will complete its staffing changes for the final phase of this restructuring. The announcement of the final structure and staffing is planned for May.<\/p>\n

The organization will continue to provide regular updates to employees about these organizational changes. In addition, new pages will be added to Blue and LiteBlue to provide information to employees.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Preparing for Change \u2014 Employee Support Blue page<\/em><\/a>\u00a0also has information about the organizational changes, including timelines, guidance for leading and navigating change, career planning resources, and voluntary early retirement and general retirement information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese organizational changes will strengthen our mission and commitment to serve the American people by improving efficiency and streamlining decision making throughout the organization,\u201d Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wrote in a March 3 message to employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy bringing better operating and business strategies along with greater investment, we can strengthen our public service mission, achieve service excellence, and place the Postal Service on a path toward financial sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n

VERA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal News Network<\/strong><\/a>: To avoid a reduction in force, the Postal Service is offering voluntary early retirements to most eligible non-bargaining unit employees at its headquarters, as well as at area and district offices.<\/p>\n

The Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) goes into effect April 30, and doesn\u2019t come with any monetary incentive. USPS employees who take advantage of the offer would essentially benefit by being able to tap into their retirement funds early. More here<\/a><\/p>\n

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USPS News Link – 3\/3\/21 – The Postal Service will consolidate its districts, realign its Logistics and Processing Operations divisions, and offer a voluntary early retirement option to most eligible non-bargaining employees at its headquarters, headquarters-related, area and district offices. Under a plan announced March 3, the organization\u2019s 67 districts will be consolidated into 50. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30267","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\/30267","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=30267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30269,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30267\/revisions\/30269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}