USPS News Link BELATED ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE Based on information just received from the Office of Personnel Management regarding changes in Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Health Plan provisions, belated elections for all plans within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program will be accepted beyond […]
Press Release Chairman Danny K. Davis Responds to Enrollee Outrage Over BCBS 2009 Changes Rep. Davis’ (D-IL) and Members of the Subcommittee requested that the Office of Personnel Management extend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Open Season for millions of federal employees Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, December 3, 2008 the Subcommittee on Federal […]
An employee’s disability retirement annuity was properly terminated when his income exceeded 80 percent of his previous salary, the Federal Circuit ruled last week. In this case, a City Carrier retired from his position in April 1986 and received monthly disability retirement payments. On May 11, 2006, after learning from the City Carrier that his […]
In a letter to Ted Keating, President of the National Association of Postal Supervisors USPS wrote: This is in response to your recent request for consideration to include all additional EAS field positions as part of a Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) request to Office of Personnel Management (OPM). As you are aware, we currently have received approval […]
OPM issued the following press release: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda M. Springer today submitted a proposal to both chambers of Congress to establish a short-term disability insurance program to protect federal employees who suffer an injury or illness which temporarily prevents them from performing their normal job duties. “If we are […]
From PostalReporter.com reader: A very important precedent has been issued regarding evidence of disability for disability retirement. Both OPM and MSPB were sharply rebuked for requiring objective evidence of disability. Objective evidence is difficult to get in many psychiatric cases. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that medical evidence could not be […]
The American Postal Workers Union released the following: After President Bush issued an Executive Order granting non-essential federal employees a day off on Dec. 24, 2007, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) quickly announced that the order did not apply to postal employees. OPM wrote, “The Executive Order excuses most Executive Branch employees from duty […]
Health insurance premiums for federal employees and retirees will increase by an average of 2.1 percent next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced this afternoon. Officials said they held down the rate increase, which is substantially lower than what most other workers will be asked to pay in 2008, by dipping into excess financial […]
David Hatch vs OPM – note: Hatch is a Postal Worker The Office of Personnel Management is changing the way it calculates service toward retirement for certain employees on workers’ compensation, agency officials announced last week. According to an OPM benefits administration letter, federal employees on workers’ compensation who hold a full-time appointment but are able […]
From NAPUS: On 6-28-2007, I attended a briefing at Postal Headquarters requested by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Tom O’Keefe, a manager of OPM, has established a program aimed at modernizing both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employee’s Retirement System. (FERS) Retirement System Modernization (RSM) is an OPM initiative designed […]