OIG: USPS Training..Stay Or Pay?
Should Postal Service employees be required to repay training if they resign before a specified period of time following their training?
The U.S. Postal Service employs approximately 40,000 maintenance craft employees to work in a variety of assignments. Some of these assignments, such as maintenance mechanics, require specific training at great cost to the Postal Service. For example, one training course lasts 13 days and costs $3,325 per employee.
Should employees receiving specialized training sign contracts to remain with the Postal Service for a specified period so that the cost of providing the training can be recouped? Should employees who received training be permitted to leave for more lucrative positions in the private sector as soon as they are certified without compensating the Postal Service? Should such restrictions apply to all Postal Service employees who receive specialized training?
One company requires employees to sign contracts for training programs that are considered expensive and time intensive.
USPS Creates New Structure For Maintenance Operations
USPS has created a new management and leadership structure for maintenance operations at the district level. This structure provides a more centralized approach to managing key aspects of the plant and equipment maintenance function. Now, lead plants will become the focal points for maintenance operations. The restructuring will increase effectiveness and efficiency and also improve oversight and coordination of maintenance performance. Notification to potentially affected employees starts today. More information soon will be posted on the Organization Change Management website.
source: USPS
APWU Wins Important Maintenance Subcontracting Grievance
APWU News
The union won a major victory against subcontracting Feb. 10, when Arbitrator Shyam Das directed the USPS to assign Maintenance Craft employees to maintain computers at approximately 8,000 of the nation’s largest associate offices. The arbitrator also instructed management and the union to discuss the possibility of assigning additional computer maintenance work at AOs to the Maintenance Craft. Read more