National League of Postmasters – July 07, 2014

Updated Information on the July 8th LAC Posting for Impacted Postmasters

LEAGUE Headquarters wants to remind all impacted Postmasters that the Limited Area of Consideration (LAC) special job posting opens July 8 and closes July 23. The LEAGUE received the attached sample letter which is being sent to Postmasters who took voluntary downgrades to 6 hour Postmaster jobs. These 431 Postmasters will be able to apply for jobs during the LAC in July.

The letter also states that Postmasters who were formerly in a POStPlan post office and took a voluntary reassignment to their current 6-hour RMPO or PTPO position are included in the incentive offer to separate by resignation, voluntary early retirement, or optional retirement.

We will keep you updated as new information becomes available.

National League of Postmasters – July 03, 2014

On June 27th LEAGUE Headquarters posted new information on the POStPlan RIF timeline. We also shared information on the VER with $10,000 incentive. For those Optional and VER eligible Postmasters that qualify and accept this incentive, the payout will be December 5, 2014. These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the incentive payment can assist in answering questions you may have.

The LEAGUE also received an updated version of the POStPlan FAQs These FAQs have updates explaining the RIF process and links to liteblue, Human Resources that can also answer a lot of questions you may have.

There have been a lot of questions on the posting in July that is a Limited Area of Consideration (LAC) for POStPlan impacted Postmasters. It should be noted that the area of consideration has been expanded for this posting to include adjacent Districts not just the District your office is in.

Part Time 6 hour Postmaster jobs will not be posted in this LAC. This is the reason given to us by the Postal Service for not filling them at this time: The APWU has filed a national level dispute regarding the Postal Service’s decision to staff Level 6, Level 4, and Level 2 offices with part-time career Postmasters and PMRs. The case has been arbitrated, the parties have submitted briefs, and the Postal Service is awaiting the arbitrator’s ruling. Until we get that ruling, it would be inappropriate to include the Level 6 offices as a viable landing spot for Postmasters, because if we receive an adverse ruling from the arbitrator, those offices would not be a viable landing spot.

We will continue to post new information as it becomes available.

2014 Special Incentive FAQ’s-Incentive FAQs for Eligible Postmasters (PDF)

2014 POStPlan FAQs (PDF)