BERNARD, Iowa — A rural mail carrier was injured after her SUV entered a ditch and flipped Tuesday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Tonya Waller, 43, of Bernard, was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital in Dubuque with minor injuries, according to Deputy Russ Long. The deputy said Waller was delivering mail […]
The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire more city and rural carriers as “last mile” package delivery from Amazon.com, FedEx and UPS continues to grow. “We’ve really been growing the package business,” said Jim Herrmann, USPS district manager, during an interview Monday in Cedar Rapids. “Cedar Rapids-Iowa City is part of the Amazon.com Sunday […]
A former Camden postal carrier is awaiting sentencing in U.S. district court after pleading guilty to failing to deliver large amounts of mail, some of it medication and some of it burned, according to his plea agreement with the government. Charles Wetherbee entered his plea last week in federal court in El Dorado to a […]
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The 2015 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 5, 2015 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26-2015), and ends Friday, December 25, 2015, end of Pay Period 27-2015. During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including Postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier time and attendance recording, should become […]
Notice to All Post Offices With Rural Delivery Service: Rural Carrier Guarantee Period Postal Service™ managers must effectively manage rural carriers who work under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 7(b)(2). Those carriers are paid overtime for all hours actually worked in excess of 2,080, up to 2,240, within the 52-consecutive-week […]
August 13, 2015 PHILADELPHIA – Barbara Stanley, 62, of Nottingham, PA, was convicted by a jury today of five counts of wire fraud, two counts of theft of government funds, one count of making false statements, and two counts of making false statements regarding workers? compensation benefits, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The […]
A State Police trooper said another driver rear-ended Denise Myers in her rural mail carrier vehicle on Route 220 south of Green Level Road around 3 p.m., near the Virginia Furniture Market. Trooper A.J. Berry responded to the scene and said both cars had tipped over. Once extricated, both the woman and the man who […]
Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for Rural Routes Rural Carriers In accordance with the provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.3 of the Rural Carrier National Agreement, effective July 11, 2015 (pay period 16-15), the equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) will increase to 69.0 cents per mile. The EMA is 69.0 cents per mile, or a minimum of […]
Handbooks Handbook PO-603 Revision: Delivery Point Sequencing (DPS) Flats Effective July 9, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising section 541.4 of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, to include additional compensation for DPS flats and a formal process for conducting quality reviews. * * * * * Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities […]