The Postal Service is continuing its Hatch Act education campaign. The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and other federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property or while inside a federal vehicle. It also prohibits executive branch employees from running for partisan […]
Judge Orders Removal of Postal Service Employee Who Violated the Hatch Act When She Ran for Political Office 8/2/2018 The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) sought disciplinary action against a USPS employee who ran for two partisan political offices. OSC filed the complaint of Hatch Act violations with the Merit Systems Protection Board. The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C./May 24, 2018 – The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) today announced that it has reached disciplinary action settlements with two U.S. Postal Service employees who violated the Hatch Act in October 2016. Both employees work in the same post office in Ashtabula, Ohio. The first employee violated the Hatch Act’s prohibition against […]
OSC Issues Hatch Act Social Media Guidance in User-friendly Format, Announces Postal Service Employee Hatch Act Violation Over Social Media Use at Work FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jill Gerber, (202) 804‐7065,jgerber@osc.gov WASHINGTON, D.C./Feb. 13, 2018 – The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) today issued Hatch Act social media guidance for federal employees in a […]
Sept. 19 — A sign that said “Make America Great Again”—the slogan for Republican Donald Trump’s campaign for president—has been removed from a post office in Colorado after the U.S. Office of Special Counsel contacted the facility’s postmaster, the OSC said. The OSC told the postmaster that the sign’s display by an employee violated the […]