{"id":39278,"date":"2026-04-09T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39278"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:15:25","slug":"usps-board-of-governors-decides-to-temporarily-suspend-the-usps-employer-contributions-for-the-fers-retirement-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/04\/09\/usps-board-of-governors-decides-to-temporarily-suspend-the-usps-employer-contributions-for-the-fers-retirement-system\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Board of Governor\u2019s Decides to Temporarily Suspend the USPS Employer Contributions for the FERS Retirement System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NPMHU: 4\/9\/26 &#8211; Please find enclosed copies of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmhu.org\/media\/news\/USPS%20Board%20of%20Governor%E2%80%99s%20Decides%20to%20Temporarily%20Suspend%20the%20Postal%20Service%E2%80%99s%20Employer%20Contributions%20for%20the%20Federal%20Employee%20Retirement%20System%20(FERS)%20Annuities.pdf\">Mandatory Stand-Up Talk and FERS Action \u2013 Frequently Asked Questions\/Talking Points (pdf)<\/a>\u00a0regarding the USPS Board of Governor\u2019s decision to temporarily suspend the Postal Service\u2019s employer contributions for Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuities. The suspension is effective April 10.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Postal Service, this action is necessary to conserve cash and preserve liquidity due to its ongoing, severe financial crisis in which the Postal Service could run out of cash as early as February 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service will continue to withhold employees\u2019 contributions to FERS and will transmit those amounts to OPM. The Postal Service will also continue to transmit the employer automatic and matching contributions and employee contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and to Social Security.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service states that there will be no immediate detrimental impact to current or future retirees when the normal FERS cost payments are temporarily withheld.<\/p>\n<p>Should you have any questions contact the Contract Administration Department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13103\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/npmhu1-logo-266x266.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPMHU: 4\/9\/26 &#8211; Please find enclosed copies of the\u00a0Mandatory Stand-Up Talk and FERS Action \u2013 Frequently Asked Questions\/Talking Points (pdf)\u00a0regarding the USPS Board of Governor\u2019s decision to temporarily suspend the Postal Service\u2019s employer contributions for Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuities. The suspension is effective April 10. According to the Postal Service, this action is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39278","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\/39278","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=39278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39279,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39278\/revisions\/39279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}