{"id":5315,"date":"2012-10-19T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T03:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=5315"},"modified":"2012-10-19T22:25:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T03:25:52","slug":"handbook-po-603-revision-compensation-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2012\/10\/19\/handbook-po-603-revision-compensation-adjustments\/","title":{"rendered":"Handbook PO-603 Revision: Compensation Adjustments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-PEN-NEWS.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5316\" title=\"1-PEN-NEWS\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-PEN-NEWS-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From PB 22348<\/p>\n<p>Effective October 20, 2012, Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, Section 541.41, Addi\u00adtional Compensation, is revised to reflect the change to the delivery point sequence (DPS) letter mail standard for those routes assigned a right-hand drive (RHD) employer-pro\u00advided vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p>5 Inspection, Count, and Adjustment of Rural Routes<\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p>54 Compensation Adjustments<\/p>\n<p>541 Requirements<\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p>541.4 Automation Processed Mail<\/p>\n<p>541.41 Additional Compensation<\/p>\n<p>[Revise text to read as follows:]<\/p>\n<p>If a carrier assigned a left-hand drive (LHD) employer-pro\u00advided vehicle is required to use his\/her privately owned vehicle, is being compensated under DPS letter standards, and is required to case all or a significant portion (125 pieces or more) of his\/her DPS letter mail due to machine failure or other problems, additional compensation will be provided in accordance with the following formula:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The average daily DPS letter volume from the latest mail count (when all DPS mail is received in a raw, unprocessed state or all DPS mail is improperly pro\u00adcessed requiring casing), or<\/li>\n<li>The actual piece count (when 125 or more pieces require casing) multiplied by (x) 0.0365 minutes per piece equals (=) additional minutes payment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a carrier assigned a right-hand drive (RHD) employer-pro\u00advided vehicle is being compensated under DPS letter stan\u00addards and is required to case all or a significant portion (125 pieces or more) of his\/her DPS letter mail due to machine failure or other problems, additional compensation will be provided in accordance with the following formula:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The average daily DPS letter volume from the latest mail count (when all DPS mail is received in a raw, unprocessed state or all DPS mail is improperly pro\u00adcessed requiring casing), or<\/li>\n<li>The actual piece count (when 125 or more pieces require casing) multiplied by (x) 0.0465 minutes per piece equals (=) additional minutes payment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional payment procedures will be the same as out\u00adlined in Article 9.2.N of the National Agreement between the USPS-NRLCA.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Carriers should notify their manager immediately when they receive DPS letter mail requiring casing. If a manager is not readily accessible, carriers should note the number of DPS letter pieces they are required to case and report it to their manager at the first opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/postal-bulletin\/2012\/pb22348\/html\/updt_013.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read PB 22348<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From PB 22348 Effective October 20, 2012, Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, Section 541.41, Addi\u00adtional Compensation, is revised to reflect the change to the delivery point sequence (DPS) letter mail standard for those routes assigned a right-hand drive (RHD) employer-pro\u00advided vehicle. Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities * * * * * [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315","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=5315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5320,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions\/5320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}