Vacancy Notice – Best Qualified Assignment – Statistical Program Data Collection Tech
STATISTICAL PROGRAMS DATA COLLECTION TECHNICIAN – LEVEL 7
Domiciled at Oakland P&DC, 1675 7th St.
The position is open to Clerk Craft in Oakland Bid Center
Open: 04/24/2021
Close: 05/10/2021
Selection Criteria – Best Qualified
Specific details
NOTICE: This bid requires heavy lifting, frequent driving and work hours may change depending on statistical sampling assignment. Read the position comments carefully before applying.
For the full description & application, please go to the Best Qualified Positions page.
USPS Special Delivery
Vacancy Notice – Best Qualified Assignment – Data Collection Tech
DATE April 5, 2021 (PLEASE POST THIS NOTICE ON ALL BULLETIN BOARDS)
CLERK CRAFT POSTING NOTICE: BQ-04052021-001
OPENING DATE: April 5, 2021
CLOSING DATE: April 15, 2021
ATTENTION FULL TIME CLERK CRAFT EMPLOYEES
Applicants must complete and submit a current PS Form 991 Application for Promotion or Assignment (Pages 1 and 2), a separate
statement of qualifications for each knowledge, skill, or ability (KSA) to Manager In-Plant Support on or prior to the closing date. All
completed forms must be received in the Manager In-Plant Support Office, Room 238, 1675 – 7th Street, Oakland CA 94615, no
later than 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2021.
Applicants must address ALL Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSAs) listed under REQUIREMENTS on the attached bargaining unit
qualification standard. Failure to demonstrate any KSA is disqualifying. Under no circumstances will applications and/or documents be accepted
after the date and time specified above. An incomplete application package will cause the applicant to be eliminated from consideration by the review
committee.
The USPS provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the
application, bidding, interview, and/or selection process, please contact the office identified on the vacancy announcement. The decision on granting
reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
NOTE:
(1) See attached Qualification Standard & Standard Position Description.
(2) Employees applying for this position are notified of the intention to use information contained in official records available as of
the closing date of this posting to determine qualification. If available evidence of your qualifications is incomplete, please
take action to provide us with the appropriate information to update our records prior to the closing date of this posting.
(3) PS Forms 991 can be obtained on USPS Intranet or the Internet at www.usps.com/forms.
(4) Employees temporarily detailed to a non-bargaining unit position may not bid/apply on vacant craft duty assignments while
detailed.
Local Services
Bay-Valley District
For the full description & application, please go to the Best Qualified Positions page.
APW-ABA Scholarship Program
The 2021 APW-ABA Scholarship Program is now open for applications. Please see the guidelines and application below, or click here.
Deadline May 15, 2021
The letter text to announce this year’s Scholarship Program is below as well.
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Dear President:
Enclosed are the guidelines and application form for the APW-ABA Scholarship Program which is named in honor of long time union activists, Thomas Hartos, Michael Tosches and Eugene Johnson. Feel free to make copies as well as insert into your local publications or on your local web site.
We ask that you insure all applications are filled out completely, paying special attention to the member’s postal employee identification number (EID), so that we may verify ABA membership. All applications MUST be filled out in their entirety.
Please contact our office if you have any questions. Our normal business hours are, Monday thru Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm EST.
Web Page: http://www.apw-aba.org
Telephone: 603-330-0282
Facsimile: 603-330-0285
Toll Free: 1-800-526-2890
In Union Solidarity,
Wayne D. Maurer, National Director
nationaldirector@spw-aba.org
APW-ABA Scholarship Program Application & Information Packet
New Leave Under the American Rescue Plan (ARPA)
Effective March 12, 2021,theAmerican Rescue Plan Act (Act) provides employees with up to 600 hours of paid Emergency Federal Employee Leave (EFEL). This leave is available to employees beginning on March 12, 2021, and continuing through September 30, 2021—or until the funding established in the Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund (Fund) for reimbursement is exhausted. The leave is available to eligible employees who are unable to work due to one of eight qualifying reasons as summarized in the chart below:
As a reminder, the Postal Service provides an essential federal government service as part of the nation’s critical infrastructure. Therefore, postal employees are generally not subject to Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation orders related to COVID-19, so employees will generally not be eligible to use EFEL for qualifying reason (1) above. Additionally, no substantially similar condition has been identified that would qualify an employee to use leave for qualifying reason (6) above.
We are continuing to work the issues associated with implementation of these new leave requirements, and we anticipate receiving additional guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which will administer the Fund, in the coming weeks. In the interim, employees seeking to use EFEL should submit a PS Form 3971 indicating for which of the eight qualifying reasons they must take leave, and employees must affirmatively state that they are unable to work because of the qualifying reason.
For now, this leave should be managed and tracked within the Enterprise Resource Management System (eRMS). Timekeepers will be instructed to enter the interim hours code 086-21 in eRMS for all employees, and then verify the Administrative Leave is entered in the appropriate timekeeping system using either hours code 086-21 for City or DACA Code O for Rurals. For immediate reference, attached is the timekeeping quick reference table.
We will update you with additional instructions and guidance as our processes for managing this new leave are developed and implemented. We ask that you share this information with your teams as soon as possible, given that this leave will become available on March 12.
Thank you for your support as we continue to prioritize the safety and well-being of our employees during this challenging time.
For a PDF version of this article, click here.
Colon Cancer Screening Should Start at Age 45
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Average folks should start being screened at age 45 to prevent colon cancer, five years earlier than is now recommended, the nation’s top preventive medicine panel says.APWU – Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period 2020
As a matter of general interest, the “Penalty Overtime Exclusion” period for calendar year 2020 as referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5 of the NALC and APWU National Agreements will begin Pay Period 25-20 – Week 2 (November 28, 2020) and end Pay Period 01-21 -Week 1 (December 25, 2020).
For the full letter from David E. Mills, Manager, Labor Relations Policies and Programs, click here.
Annual Leave Carryover
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Leave – Understanding How Leave Impacts Retirement and TSP Deductions
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provided employees with two additional types of leave: Emergency Paid Sick Leave, and Expanded Family and Medical Leave for child care needs. This leave benefit became effective April 1, 2020, and continues through December 31, 2020.
Since the introduction of the new leave types, the Office of Personnel Management has provided official guidance that leave payments under the FFCRA are not eligible for retirement and Thrift Saving Plan (TSP) deductions.
If you took leave under FFCRA, any deductions withheld for TSP or retirement as a result of FFCRA leave will be refunded to you in pay period 20-2020, retroactive to April 1, 2020. Retirement refunds will show on your October 2, 2020, paycheck. These refunds will not impact creditable service time towards retirement eligibility.
For more information, please click here to download the full announcement.