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2021 Virtual Open Season Health Fairs (HBO)
October 13, 2021
General Information / Local News
Health Benefit Officers, Welcome to our 2021 APWU Health Plan Virtual Open Season Health Fairs! We wanted to give your employees an opportunity to meet with APWU Health Plan staff virtually and learn about our benefits. Postal, Federal, and Retirees who are eligible for the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program can access and attend our virtual health fairs safely online. During Open Season, every Tuesday and Thursday, from 12-2pm EST a Health Plan staff employee will be online to answer questions and discuss plan features. Please forward this email to your employees so that they can participate. Click on the register now to confirm your attendance. Once registered you will get an email confirmation with a GoToWebinar link and dial-in information. The day before the virtual health fair date you selected, you will receive an email reminder with the dial-in information and instructions. Register Now! for any of our Virtual Health Fairs. Tuesday, November 9 – 12pm-2pm EST Tuesday, November 16 – 12pm-2pm EST Tuesday, November 23 – 12pm-2pm EST Tuesday, November 30 – 12pm-2pm EST Tuesday, December 7 – 12pm-2pm EST Thursday, November 11 – 12pm-2pm EST Thursday, November 18 – 12pm-2pm EST Thursday, December 2 – 12pm-2pm EST Thursday, December 9 – 12pm-2pm EST...
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October 11, 2021 Clerk Craft Award Notice
October 11, 2021
General Information / Local News
Clerk Craft Award Notice for October 11, 2021 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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October 11, 2021 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice
October 11, 2021
General Information / Local News
The October 11, 2021 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice has been posted on the Bid Postings page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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October 9, 2021 Clerk Craft Award Notice
October 9, 2021
General Information / Local News
Clerk Craft Award Notice for October 9, 2021 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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October 5, 2021 Clerk Craft Award Notice
October 5, 2021
General Information / Local News
Clerk Craft Award Notice for October 5, 2021 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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Annual Leave Carry Over and Lump Sum Payments at Retirement
October 5, 2021
General Information / Local News
The Industrial Relations Department has been fielding multiple questions on the amount of annual leave someone would be compensated for when they retire. Attached are the two MOUs the APWU entered into with the Postal Service on annual leave during the pandemic. Any employee can carryover up to 520 hours of earned annual leave into the 2022 Leave Year that begins on January 1, 2022. If an employee has more than 520 hours of earned annual leave and has used less than 75 hours of sick leave in the previous year, the employee may “exchange” (sell) up to 80 hours of annual leave back to the Postal Service. Employees who are eligible to exchange leave for cash will be notified prior to the “open season” or leave exchange which runs from November 15 to December 15 of each year. (See ELM Section 512.63). Employees who are retiring are governed by ELM Section 512.7. 512.732.b states in part, “Bargaining unit employees may receive a lump sum leave payment… for accumulated annual leave carried over from the previous year; accrued annual leave for the year in which they separate, up to the carryover maximum for their bargaining unit….” Currently, the maximum number of hours allowed to be carried over is 520 hours, therefore employees can be paid that amount. In an email exchange between current Vice-President of Labor Relations, Katherine Attridge and Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman when the MOUs were first implemented for leave year 2020 to Leave year 2021, Director Zimmerman posed the question to the Postal Service of whether or not an employee would be compensated for up to 520 hours of leave carried over and any leave accrued in the current leave year. Ms. Attridge responded with, “I agree as well. The MOUs specifically state no other provisions related to leave carryover will be changed, so if 520 is the amount they carryover, then 520 should be the amount they should be compensated for.” It was also confirmed that the Postal Service reprogrammed their payroll systems to account for the increased carryover amounts and to make the proper terminal leave payments. MOU Annual Leave Carryover for Leave Year 2022 MOU Annual Leave Exchange for Leave Year 2022...
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September 28, 2021 Clerk Craft Award Notice
September 28, 2021
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Clerk Craft Award Notice for September 28, 2021 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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The Power of the PS Form 1767
September 21, 2021
General Information
What is a 1767? A Powerful Form! (PS FORM 1767-Report of Hazard, Unsafe Condition or Practice) Officially documents and addresses employee’s safety hazards or concern in writing. Requires a timely written response during your tour by management consistent with ELM Section 824.632. It is tracked and identifies abatement date. The Joint Local Safety and Health Committee is required to review all 1767s at their meetings. User friendly form that is easy to complete – instructions are clearly printed on the back of the form. The form must be readily available for an employee to use! Not locked in a supervisor’s desk or any non-accessible area. The employee must be provided a signed copy of the form (blue copy). It is also suggested you have your union representative make a copy before it is submitted to the supervisor. This form can be used to document other safety and health related concerns as well (i.e. housekeeping issues, buildings not maintained, dirty bathrooms, bad lighting, abusive supervisors, etc.). The form may also be completed anonymously and submitted directly to the safety office. Text SAFETY to 91990 for link to the PS 1767 page. For more information and assistance in establishing your own safety and health committee, please contact Your Regional Coordinator or Your Regional Safety Rep. Click here to read the PDF document ...
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September 17, 2021 Clerk Craft Award Notice
September 17, 2021
General Information / Local News
Clerk Craft Award Notice for September 17, 2021 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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September 9, 2021 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice
September 9, 2021
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The September 9, 2021 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice has been posted on the Bid Postings page of this website. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice....
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