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		<title>USPS Moves Processing of Employees FMLA Requests to Human Resources Center</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/02/usps-moves-processing-of-employees-fmla-requests-to-human-resources-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) began processing Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests for employees of 23 districts and headquarters July 11. FMLA processing for all other districts nationwide will transition to HRSSC Sept. 10. Employees who need general information regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act can click here. HRSCC staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APWU Encourages Members to Use DOL Forms For FMLA Leave Requests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The APWU is encouraging members to use Department of Labor forms when requesting Family &#38; Medical Leave, while the union pursues a dispute with the Postal Service over employees’ right to use APWU forms or other equivalent documentation. In a Dec. 17, 2010, memo [PDF] to local, state, and national union officers, Mike Morris, director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Worker Fired For Improper Use Of FMLA Gets Job Back</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/11/12/postal-worker-fired-for-improper-use-of-fmla-gets-job-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a summary from an arbitration decision regarding the Postal Service’s decision to discharge a Postal Clerk for Improper Conduct/Providing False-Inaccurate Information on PS. Form 3971 (Request For Leave). The USPS charged Postal Clerk with using FMLA to work second job. This is a summary from an arbitration decision regarding the Postal Service’s decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Seeks Supplier To Conduct All Non-Work Related Medical Exams</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/08/11/usps-seeks-supplier-to-conduct-all-non-work-related-medical-exams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Federal Business Opportunities website: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is pursuing a National Agreement with a Supplier(s) that has or is capable of developing a comprehensive Medical Provider Organization for conducting all non-work related medical examinations for the USPS. Postal Service offices are located in each of the 50 states plus Puerto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FMLA Leave Expanded to More Parents And Children</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/06/22/fmla-leave-expanded-to-more-parents-and-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/06/22/fmla-leave-expanded-to-more-parents-and-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor issued the following clarification on the expanded FMLA regulations: Neither the statute nor the regulations restrict the number of parents a child may have under the FMLA.  For example, where a child’s biological parents divorce, and each parent remarries, the child will be the “son or daughter” of both the biological [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA Considerations Following Exhaustion of FMLA Protected Leave</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/06/03/ada-considerations-following-exhaustion-of-fmla-protected-leave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exhaustion of FMLA protected leave is a common problem in the Postal Service. This legal article makes several good points about ADA considerations: The broadened scope of the ADA increases the likelihood that anyone taking FMLA leave for their own serious health condition may also have an ADA protected disability. As a result, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Blanket Policy To Challenge Postal Employees With Too Much FMLA Leave??</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/05/19/usps-blanket-policy-to-challenge-postal-employees-with-too-much-fmla-leave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/05/19/usps-blanket-policy-to-challenge-postal-employees-with-too-much-fmla-leave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This a quite a lengthy case so I will try to summarize it with key points: The Postal Service was found to have unlawfully discriminated against Michigan Letter Carrier Barbara Passage on the basis of disability, sex, retaliation for EEO activity in the terms and condition of her employment. Additionally,USPS managers/supervisors failed to reasonably accomodate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New FMLA Rules Increase Time Off To Help Care For Veteran, Active-Duty Relatives</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/24/new-fmla-rules-increase-time-off-to-help-care-for-veteran-active-duty-relatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/24/new-fmla-rules-increase-time-off-to-help-care-for-veteran-active-duty-relatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postal employees will have more opportunities to take time off work to help family members who are military service members or veterans under new rules mandated by the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. The law, signed late last year by President Obama, allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid or unpaid leave [...]]]></description>
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