Don’t sweat EEOC complaint after discipline if you can prove process was fair – from Business Management Daily “Recent case: Kent Neely, who is black, worked for the U.S. Postal Service handling mail. Neely, however, struggled with attendance; he was late or absent 83 times one year. When he was warned he could be terminated […]
Postal Clerk charged with theft after a videotape showed him rifling through boxes at the Elkridge Post Office Press Release from the US Department of Justice Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted Marvin Lamont Foster, age 54, of Rosedale, Maryland, and Kyle Mathias, age 23, of Joppa, Maryland, today for conspiracy to steal […]
Press Release From the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas April 9, 2009 (HOUSTON) – Former rural carrier associate Rodney Ervin has been sentenced to prison for mail theft, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. U.S. District Court Judge Melinda Harmon sentenced Ervin to […]
A City Letter Carrier at the Woonsocket, Rhode Island Post Office alleged that he was subjected to retaliatory harassment for his prior protected EEO activity. The Carrier alleged that his pay was deliberately short and pay records manipulated. The Postal Service dismissed the EEO complaint for failure to state a claim. The EEOC found that the […]
From PostalReporter reader: “Employees should choose their venue for discipline wisely. At MSPB removal is an appropriate penalty for minor offenses like irregular attendance [PR note: Postal Management uses the term “Irregular Attendance” when issuing discipline to employees] despite no prior discipline. That is not the case in the grievance-arbitration procedure due to Article 16.” – […]
Press Release from US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana GERONIMO A. CELLAMARE, age 46, a resident of Westwego, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Helen Berrigan to unlawfully detaining, delaying and opening United States mail, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. According to the factual basis, […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of JusticeMarquette, Michigan – Jeffrey William Bess, 43, of Ishpeming, Michigan, was sentenced to 2 months in prison for unlawfully opening U.S. Mail, U.S. Attorney Donald A. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell also directed Bess to serve one year of supervised release after his prison […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of Justice Little Rock – Jane W. Duke, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the waiver of indictment and guilty plea of Andre Ben of Sherwood, Arkansas. On January 29, 2009, Ben pled guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee […]
Connie Williams, a city carrier at the Hennessey Oklahoma Post Office alleged that she was subjected to discrimination based on her sex, age, and reprisal for prior protected EEO activity when she was harassed by her postmaster. The Postal Service dismissed the complaint claiming that Williams was not harmed. On appeal Williams argued she was harmed, and […]
Here is a brief background of the case taken from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision: Mr. Saunders held the position of PS-11 Electronic Technician [ET] at the USPS’s Roanoke, Virginia Processing and Distribution Center. The adverse action was based on an incident that occurred in April 2006. During the […]