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Feb.2, 2010
Court decides that medical documentation after the fact is unreasonable.
It may not be feasible to obtain medical documentation if the condition that justified the use of sick leave at the time did not require a doctor’s care. The Supervisor testified that he had ample suspicion prior to the dates in question that Petitioner might engage in sick leave abuse. Based on that suspicion, and short of placing Petitioner on restricted sick leave, Petitioner’s Supervisor had a number of options, many of which are identified in ELM §513.39(a)–(e). Petitioner’s Supervisor opted for none of these alternatives.
Court Doc Here
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Jan. 22,2010
USPS Improperly Used DOIS to Set Carrier Start Times
"The Postal Service improperly utilized the Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS) figures to set the carriers' leave and return times in violation of the M-39 Handbook. In addition, the improper use of the DOIS figures created a hostile work environment for the carriers."
Arb PDF Here
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Dec. 30,2009
Home stretch for health care:
In the next few weeks, congressional negotiators will merge the House and Senate health care reform bills into one package for final passage. NALC continues to follow the process closely and is lobbying aggressively on behalf of letter carriers’ interests. For a better understanding of what is in the bills and what our priorities are, see the AFL-CIO’s fact sheet comparing the two bills.
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Dec. 30,2009
Postal Service to Deliver Medicine in Case of Anthrax Attack,
Obama Orders
President Barack Obama today ordered federal agencies to establish a national system for dispensing medical countermeasures in the event of a large-scale biological attack, "with anthrax as the primary threat consideration."
The U.S. Postal Service would be responsible for delivering the medical countermeasures, such as antibiotics, to residents for self administration across all communities in the United States, according to the President's Executive Order issued today.
More Here
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Dec. 23,2009
New legislation may enable the USPS to deploy electric vehicles
The bill-H.R. 4399, The American Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Act or "e-Drive" is led by Representative Jose E. Serrano. According to Serrano's office, the main objective of the bill is to begin a process of testing and deploying 20,000 electric-drive delivery vehicles for the USPS. The office said that not only would this effort provide the USPS with significant environmental benefits and fuel savings, it would position the USPS fleet as a "key energy storage asset for the nation's power grid" through vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.
More Here
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Agencies have cut $19 billion in "private contracting" costs
Federal agencies are almost halfway toward reaching a two-year goal set by President Obama this year with plans to save roughly $19 billion in government contracting costs during the fiscal year that began in October, according to an Office of Management and Budget report set for release Monday.More Here
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Department of Labor to Reconsider
Bush’s Last-Minute FMLA Changes
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced [PDF] Dec. 7 that she is reviewing changes made early this year to regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act. The announcement has set off speculation that the Department of Labor will overturn revisions implemented at the very end of the Bush administration.More Here
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USPS goal: Reduce petroleum use by 2% a year
Additionally, the Postal Service has included reducing fuel consumption as a performance goal for managers. Those who don't meet the annual goal receive smaller pay raises, while those who exceed the goal are rewarded with higher increases. Get ready for discipline if you drive too far....More Here
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USPS bars NIOSH from investigating FSM 100 flat sorting machines
FSM 100 flat sorting machine have recently had an "extremely" high rate of injuries. The machines are poorly designed and ergonomically unsafe. There has been severe understaffing of the machines causing stress and overwork. Employees are pushed to work too fast. Machines are set to overload mail containers, causing excessive strain on workers. Repetitive motion injuries are prevalent due to doing the same tasks thousands of times each day. Workers were not supplied sharp cutting knives daily, causing excessive hand and wrist strain. Injured workers are harassed. There is a culture of intimidation. Workers have been required to work involuntary overtime. The flats sorting unit has less than 8% of the building’s workers but the USPS reported that these flats machine workers had nearly half (47%) of all Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) injuries in the two-thousand-employee facility.
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How Does Labor Law Matter for the USPS?
Currently the Postal Service operates under a unique labor law that is contained in the Postal Reorganization Act. This is in contrast to its competitors that operate under provisions of the Railway Labor Act (RLA) (e.g., Federal Express) and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (e.g., UPS, printers, pre-sorters, etc.). More Here
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Rep. Connolly comments on five-day mail delivery business model
In his role as a member of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on the federal workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, Connolly has an opportunity to act on the often difficult issues facing the many federal workers and contractors who reside in his district. More Here
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