Arbitrator Das, ruling in an NALC grievance in which the APWU intervened, ordered the Postal Service to rescind changes agreed to by the APWU and the USPS in a 2006 MOU “Re: Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Assignments Within APWU Crafts Involving Workers from Other Crafts.” The MOU provided that the reassignment or reemployment of an […]
note: I found this little nugget stuck in the middle of another EEOC case. A class action complaint for injured on duty postal employees was certified by an EEOC Administrative Judge (AJ) on May 30,2008. In the case of Sandra McConnell, et al. v. United States Postal Service an AJ decision certified the following class: All permanent rehabilitation employees and […]
USPS found a new way to get rid of someone. Although the AJ agreed with him, Albert White lost his appeal for reinstatement. The MSPB is not friendly to workers. White should apply for a disability retirement before March 18, 2009. That’s when his one-year time limit expires. He was represented by Yolanda Elder, General […]
Edmond Walker, a Temporary Rural Carrier Relief, filed a class complaint alleging that discriminatory acts had been continuing for a class of disabled permanent rehabilitation employees in the Postal Service. The EEOC Administrative Judge certified the class. On appeal, the Postal Service argued that the certified class was poorly defined and the class members were […]
A federal grand jury has indicted a former postal employee for fraudulently obtaining disability benefits through false statements. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Marjorie Frazman, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Labor, Inspector General’s Office; Joanne Yarbrough, Acting Postal Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and Inspector Martin J. Dickman […]
On October 16, 2007, GlobalOptions Group, Inc. , a leading provider of domestic and international risk mitigation and management services clarified that, “in the press release dated October 10, 2007, the award for a pilot program is with the United States Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General” and not with the United States Postal Service. […]
A former U.S. postal worker admitted in federal court this morning that he defrauded the federal government out of $392,000 in workers’ compensation payments over the past 16 years. David P. VanDeusen, 56, pleaded guilty to fraud in obtaining workers’ comp benefits. VanDeusen went out on workers’ comp in 1991 with a back injury he […]
From PostalReporter.com reader: The Postal Service continues to implement Phase 2 of the National Reassessment Process (NRP) in USPS Districts across the country. There is no set schedule that establishes a date when a particular District will begin Phase 2. Every USPS District should have already implemented Phase 1 of the NRP, which is the […]
David Hatch vs OPM – note: Hatch is a Postal Worker The Office of Personnel Management is changing the way it calculates service toward retirement for certain employees on workers’ compensation, agency officials announced last week. According to an OPM benefits administration letter, federal employees on workers’ compensation who hold a full-time appointment but are able […]