According to reports filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission USPS paid out $964,756,219.13 in overtime during the first quarter of 2012 fiscal year . Last year during the same period USPS paid out over $980 million. USPS attributed the $980 million to reduction in personnel (VERA and attrition) , mail rerouting, and equipment deployment delays and […]
Beginning Nov. 23, 2011, mandatory overtime will end for many APWU-represented employees. In accordance with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, full-time regular career Clerk Craft and Motor Vehicle Craft employees who work in an installation and functional area with Non-Traditional Full-Time assignments cannot be required to work overtime (except in an emergency), unless they are […]
Update: Last year PostalReporter.com reported that some USPS Districts are utilizing temporary ‘change of schedules’ to avoid or circumvent paying employees overtime. As noted in two APWU grievance settlements: “Each of the Districts have apparently initiated a policy shift instructing supervisors to discontinue work on employees’ days off in an overtime status. In one such […]
Postal Service could have avoided paying almost 7 million of the 28 million overtime hours for full-time city letter carriers Our analysis identified that, during FY 2009, city delivery supervisors scheduled full-time city delivery carriers to use overtime hours to deliver the mail on city routes. Management actually expended overtime hours at a cost of […]
It appears management officials in many USPS offices across the country are using “temporary schedule changes” to avoid paying Postal Employees overtime. There are also reports that USPS is using Full-time Regular employees like Part-Time Flexibles. Here are two Western Region grievance settlements “Temporary Schedule Changes to Avoid Overtime (PDF)” that may be of interest […]
Excerpts from the OIG Audit Report On USPS Overtime Workhours: This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of Postal Service Function 4 Overtime Workhours (Project Number 09RG009MS000). Our objective was to determine whether Postal Service officials effectively managed Function 4 workhours to reduce overtime costs. This audit addresses financial and operational risk. Footnote: […]
FY 2010 Casual Exception Period Set Article 7.1.B.5 of the 2006 National Agreement provides exceptions to the six percent and 11 percent casual caps during accounting periods 3 and 4. For Fiscal Year 2010, the casual exception period will be from Nov. 21, 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010. 2009 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set The […]