From National Association of Postal Supervisors NAPS Legislative & Regulatory Update Although the Obama Administration has pulled the plug on initial proposals to bring postal service employee benefits in line with those of federal workers, it has signaled that it has not backed off of interest in potentially reducing postal employee benefits. Kenneth Baer, spokesman […]
Postal Managers In New York Tackle Employees Sick Leave Usage Lean Six Sigma (LSS) may prove to be just the right medicine to cure sick leave usage at the Buffalo, NY, P&DC. Misused or excessive sick leave can lead to increased overtime, increased power usage due to additional machine and plant runtime, production delays, […]
APWU News Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has placed on the Senate calendar legislation that would give retirement credit for unused sick leave to postal and federal employees enrolled in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS). The legislation is part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1256), which passed the House […]
APWU News For the second day in a row, the House of Representatives approved legislation that would provide sick-leave credit to employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” (H.R. 1256), introduced by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), incorporates the provisions of H.R. […]
APWU News The House of Representatives approved legislation on April 1 that would give employees covered by the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS) credit for unused sick leave when calculating their retirement benefits. The Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 1804), introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY), was approved […]
National Association of Letter Carriers Budget won’t raise carriers’ benefit contributions: President Young announced today that the Obama administration will not pursue a proposal to raise postal employees’ benefit contributions in the 2010 budget. Vice President Joseph Biden confirmed the action when he met with President Young at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Miami […]
From Charley Mapa, President of the Nationals League of Postmasters: Dear Leaguers, We’ve heard so much over the last few days regarding President Obama’s budget for 2009, especially the portion regarding the amount Postal employees pay for their health care premiums. Of course, this caused much consternation among all of us. This is what our […]
Update: Statement of NALC President William H. Young in response to provisions in the administration’s budget affecting the U.S. Postal Service WASHINGTON – NALC President William H. Young issued the following statement: “We are aware of the problem in the budget. We are working with a friendly administration to resolve it.” eNAPUS Legislative& Political […]
The stimulus plan signed by President Obama included some good news for commuters who use public transportation. Effective March 1, the IRS monthly pre-tax transit limit for commuter benefits will increase from the current $120 per month to $230 per month. The new pre-tax transit limit applies to fares for riding buses, trains, subways, ferries […]
The following is a press release from Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) FERS Sick Leave Benefit Introduced Current “Use-it or Lose-it” Policy Wasting $68 million/yr Washington, D.C., February 10th – Congressman Jim Moran, Virginia Democrat, and Congressman Frank Wolf, Virginia Republican, introduced legislation today authored by Moran, the “FERS Sick Leave Equity Act” that provides […]