2024 – 2025 – New Guarantee Year provisions important to rural carriers
There are certain rural carrier provisions that happen around the new Guarantee year and the end of the year. Pay close attention to anything highlighted, or you may end up being surprised. Guarantee Year The new Guarantee year starts on October 5th, 2024 Carriers are paid overtime for all hours ...
What PSHB plans offer Medicare Premium Reimbursement for retirees?
Some plans in the PSHB offer Medicare Premium Reimbursement to retirees up to a certain dollar amount. We have added a new page to Ruralinfo.net on the current options for Medicare Premium Reimbursement ...
NRLCA – NEW: Rural Carrier Benefit Plan Premiums for 2025
Below please find the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) Premiums for 2025 with a comparison to comparable plans. Click here to download this chart as a PDF ...
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Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Premium Rates
Notice for USPS employees: In 2025, the employer contribution rate for PSHB plans is the same across all Postal labor unions and management associations, except for USPS non-career employees or where specified otherwise in a collective bargaining agreement. If you are a Postal service employee and have questions or require ...
Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program premiums will be slightly lower than those for FEHB
Premium rates for FEHB change every year, but they inevitably increase to some extent. The percentage increases for FEHB premiums are an average, meaning some plan options will have smaller cost increases, while others will have larger ones. In contrast, premium increases for new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program participants ...
Hatch Act Information and Resources
As the presidential election approaches, it is important to be familiar with the provisions of the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act prohibits Postal Service and other federal employees from engaging in political activity at the following times: · While on duty. · While wearing a uniform, badge, insignia, or similar item that ...
Grassley Outs USPS for Obstructing Congressional Oversight Concerning Registered Sex Offenders working at the USPS
Based on whistleblower disclosures to my office, I’ve been alerted that the Post Office hired a registered sex offender as a letter carrier. The employment was confirmed in writing by that same Postal Service. Based on whistleblower allegations, this employee disclosed his status as a registered sex offender on his ...
Upcoming ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ Webinar
Postal Service employees may participate in an upcoming webinar on breast cancer that explains the importance of early detection and offers a look into treatment alternatives. The session, “Breast Cancer Awareness,” will be held Tuesday, Oct. 1, from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern. Representatives from Kaiser Permanente, a provider of ...
USPS pilots a program for lactating employees
During the pilot, special pods will provide privacy for employees who need to express milk. The Postal Service has begun a pilot program to further enhance the organization’s compliance with the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act. Also known as the PUMP Act, the 2022 law requires employers ...
Postal Service Honors Athens Rural Carrier Douglas Brodziski for Over 29 Years of Dedicated Service
ATHENS, WI – As part of the United States Postal Service's "For the Long Haul" initiative, we are thrilled to celebrate Douglas Brodziski, a dedicated rural carrier who has faithfully served the Athens, WI, community for over 29 years at the same Post Office and on the same mail delivery route ...
Rural Timekeeping: Transition to 3-Digit Hours Codes
In PP19/2024, all single-digit rural DACA (Days Assigned Carrier Absent) codes will be transitioned to the three-digit city hours code equivalent. Beginning with PP 19/2024 timekeeping (covering 8/24/2024 through 9/6/2024), all DACA days reported on rural timecards must be entered using three-digit hours codes as seen in Figure 1 below. Existing business ...
OPM Announces Resources for Postal Service Health Benefit Program Enrollees
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today shared new enrollee resources ahead of the inaugural launch of the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program this Open Season. Resources include a new landing page with details for PSHB enrollees; information about auto-enrollment where Postal employees will be automatically transitioned from their current plan ...
October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service
The Postal Workers (APWU) will hold a national day of action on October 1, with rallies all across the country for better staffing and better service, a better contract that ends the two-tier wage system, and the right to speak to the board that governs the postal service. Postmaster General ...
Senate Companion Bill Introduced for the USPS Shipping Equity Act via NRLCA
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced S. 5069, the Senate companion bill to H.R. 3721, the USPS Shipping Equity Act. Currently, private shipping companies like FedEx can ship alcohol, but the USPS cannot. The USPS Shipping Equity Act allows USPS to ship alcoholic beverages ...