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• 22:59, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 32.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 32.2 Special Provisions === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer and the Union agree that at processing and distribution facilities or post offices where mail handler craft employees are assigned and on duty on the platform at the time a star route vehicle is being loaded or unloaded exclusively by a star route contract driver, a mail handler(s) will assist in loading and unloading the star route vehicle, unless such requirement delays the s...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:56, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 32.i NA2022 (Created page with "==== MOU Article 32 ==== In addition to the cap on MHAs set forth in paragraph 7.1B3 above, the parties may agree upon the use of additional MHAs in other circumstances when new or contracted work is brought in-house. In addition, whenever contracting-out or in-sourcing is under consideration, the Union may propose different hourly rates for such MHAs to ensure competitiveness with outside services.</br></br> Under the 2022 National Agreement, the parties commit to re-es...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:54, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 32.i NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 32.i NA2022}}") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:51, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 32.3 NA2022 (Created page with "=== Section 32.3 Committee === Subcontracting is a proper subject for discussion at Labor-Management Committee meetings at the national level provided in Article 38.</br></br> (The preceding Article, Article 32, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.)</br></br> <center>[See Memo, page 216]</center>") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:44, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 34.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 34.1 Statement of Principle === The principle of a fair day's work for a fair day's pay is recognized by the parties to this Agreement.") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:42, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 34.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 34.2 Union Notification === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer agrees that any work measurement systems or time or work standards shall be fair, reasonable and equitable. The Employer agrees that the Union will be kept informed during the making of time or work studies which are to be used as a basis for changing current or instituting new work measurement systems or work or time standards. The Employer agrees that the Union may designate...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:38, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 34.3 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 34.3 Difference Resolution === Within a reasonable time not to exceed 10 days after the receipt of such notice, the Union and the Employer shall meet for the purpose of resolving any differences that may arise concerning such proposed work measurement systems or work or time standards.") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:35, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 34.4 NA2022 (Created page with "=== Section 34.4 Grievance and Arbitration === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>If no agreement is reached within five days after the meetings begin, the Union may initiate a grievance at the national level. If no grievance is initiated, the Employer will implement the new work or time standards at its discretion.</li> <li>If a grievance is filed and is unresolved within 10 days, and the Union decides to arbitrate, the matter must be submitted to priority...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:29, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 34.5 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 34.5 Union Studies === After receipt of notification provided for in Section 2.D of this Article, the Union shall be permitted to make time or work studies in the test cities. The Union shall notify the Employer within ten (10) days of its intent to conduct such studies. The Union studies shall not exceed ninety (90) days, from the date of such notice, during which time the Employer agrees to postpone implementation in the test cities. There shall be no disruption...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:26, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 35.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 35.2 Committees === <b>The Employer and the Union agree to work jointly in the development of the expanded EAP and in improvements in the existing EAP. The Union will continue to be a participating member of the National EAP Committee, already in existence. The Committee will have responsibility for jointly: <ol style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>assessing the effectiveness of EAPs operating inside and outside the USPS; and</li> <li>developing on an ongoing...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:18, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 35.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 35.1 Programs === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer and the Union express strong support for programs of self-help. The Employer shall provide and maintain a program which shall encompass the education, identification, referral, guidance and follow-up of those employees afflicted by the disease of Alcoholism and/or Drug Abuse. When an employee is referred to [https://usps.ndbh.com/EAP EAP] by the Employer, the EAP counselor will have a re...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 18:25, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 33.3 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 33.3 Examinations === When an examination is given, there shall be no unreasonable limitation on the number of examinations that may be taken by an applicant.")
• 18:23, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 33.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 33.2 Bargaining Unit Promotions === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li> When an opportunity for promotion to a bargaining unit position exists in an installation, an announcement shall be posted on official bulletin boards soliciting applications from employees in the bargaining unit. Bargaining unit employees meeting the qualifications for the position shall be given first consideration. Qualifications shall include, but not be limited to, ability to...")
• 18:16, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 33.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 33.1 General Principles === The Employer agrees to place particular emphasis upon career advancement opportunities. First opportunity for promotions will be giving to qualified career employees. The Employer will assist employees to improve their own skills through training and self-help programs, and will continue to expand the Postal Employee Development Center concept.")
• 18:07, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.vi NA2022 (Created page with "==== MOU re: Arbitration Scheduling Letter ==== The Arbitration Panel directs the parties to discuss the creation of a pilot program to address issues regarding the number of cases to be placed on a scheduling letter and the withdrawal, postponement, or referral of grievances that have been placed on a scheduling letter for arbitration. Such discussions shall include, but are not limited to, the consideration of the following issues: <ol style="list-style-type:decimal">...")
• 18:00, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.v NA2022 (Created page with "==== MOU Pre-Arbitration Discussions ==== The Arbitration Panel directs the parties to discuss whether to make changes to the pre-arbitration discussion set forth in Article 15.4(B)(5). Such discussions shall include, but are not limited to, the consideration of the following issues: <ol style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>The timing for any pre-arbitration discussions;</li> <li>Whether cases should be placed on a scheduling letter before any such pre-arbitration d...")
• 17:56, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.iv NA2022 (Created page with "==== LOI Article 15.2 Step 3 ==== The Arbitration Panel orders the parties to establish a Step 3 Scheduling Task Force to determine the most efficient location in which Step 3 meetings are to be held.")
• 17:53, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.vii NA2022 (Created page with "==== MOU Step 4 Procedures ==== This memorandum represents the parties' agreement with regard to withdrawing a grievance from regional arbitration and referring it to Step 4 of the grievance procedure.</br></br> If a case is withdrawn from regional arbitration, referred to Step 4, and then remanded as noninterpretive, it will be returned directly to regional arbitration to be heard before the same arbitrator who was scheduled to hear the case at the time of the referral...")
• 17:48, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.vii NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.vii NA2022}}")
• 17:43, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.iii NA2022 (Created page with "==== MOU Task Force on Developing a Pilot of Electronic Submission of Grievance Appeals to the LR Service Center ==== <b>The parties agree to establish at the National level a “Task Force on Developing a Pilot of Electronic Submission of Grievance Appeals to the LR Service Center.”</br> The Task Force will discuss the feasibility and the means by which such a pilot would be conducted.</br> Nothing in the memorandum is intended to negate or alter the applicable requir...")
• 17:39, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.i NA2022 (Created page with "==== LOI Letter on Article 15 Issues ==== <blockquote style="background-color: lightgrey; border: solid thin grey;"> John F. Hegarty</br> National President</br> National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO</br> 1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500</br> Washington, DC 20036-4304</br></br></br> Dear Mr. Hegarty:</br> During negotiations over the terms of the 2006 National Agreement between the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the U.S. Postal Service, the parties...")
• 17:36, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs deleted page § 15.2.i (Formatting error, renaming)
• 17:35, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.vi NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.vi NA2022}}")
• 17:35, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.v NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.v NA2022}}")
• 17:34, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.iv NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.iv NA2022}}")
• 17:34, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.iii NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.iii NA2022}}")
• 17:32, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.ii NA2022 (Created page with "==== MOU Article 15 (MAP) ==== The parties agree to continue piloting the Modified Arbitration Procedure (MAP). Locations for further implementation of the MAP will be subject to mutual agreement of the parties.</br> This Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective during the term of the 2022 National Agreement.")
• 17:32, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.ii NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.ii NA2022}}")
• 17:26, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2.i (Created page with "==== LOI Letter on Article 15 Issues John F. Hegarty</br> National President</br> National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO</br> 1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500</br> Washington, DC 20036-4304</br></br></br> Dear Mr. Hegarty:</br> During negotiations over the terms of the 2006 National Agreement between the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the U.S. Postal Service, the parties reached the following understandings with regard to the changes made to Article...")
• 17:14, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting § 15.2.i NA2022 (Created page with "{{:§ 15.2.i}}")
• 17:08, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 15.2 Grievance Procedure-Steps === Step 1: <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li>Any employee who feels aggrieved must discuss the grievance with the employee's immediate supervisor within fourteen (14) days of the date on which the employee or the Union first learned or may reasonably have been expected to have learned of its cause unless the parties agree in writing to extend the fourteen (14) day period. The employee, if he or she so desires, may be a...")
• 16:22, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 15.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 15.1 Definition === A grievance is defined as a dispute, difference, disagreement or complaint between the parties related to wages, hours, and conditions of employment. A grievance shall include, but is not limited to, the complaint of an employee or of the Union which involves the interpretation, application of, or compliance with the provisions of this Agreement or any local Memorandum of Understanding not in conflict with this Agreement.")
• 14:13, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 16.10 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 16.10 Employee Discipline Records === The records of a disciplinary action against an employee shall not be considered in any subsequent disciplinary action if there has been no disciplinary action initiated against the employee for a period of two years. Upon the employee's written request, a disciplinary notice or decision letter will be removed from the employee's official personnel folder after two years if there has been no disciplinary action initiated again...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 13:12, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 19.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 19.2 === Section 19.2 Notice of such proposed changes that directly relate to wages, hours, or working conditions will be furnished to the Union at the national level at least sixty (60) days prior to issuance. The Employer shall provide the Union with the following information about the proposed changes: a narrative explanation of the purpose and impact on employees and any documentation concerning the proposed changes from the manager(s) requesting the changes....") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 13:10, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 19.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 19.1 === Those parts of all handbooks, manuals and published regulations of the Postal Service, that directly relate to wages, hours or working conditions, as they apply to employees covered by this Agreement, shall contain nothing that conflicts with this Agreement, and shall be continued in effect except that the Employer shall have the right to make changes that are not inconsistent with this Agreement and that are fair, reasonable, and equitable. This includes...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 13:08, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 18.4 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 18.4 === The parties agree that the provisions of this Article shall not be used in any way to defeat any current or future legal action involving the constitutionality of existing or future legislation prohibiting Federal employees from engaging in strike actions. The parties further agree that the obligations undertaken in this Article are in no way contingent upon the final determination of such constitutional issues.</br></br> (The preceding Article, Article 1...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 13:06, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 18.3 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 18.3 === It is agreed that the Union or its local Unions (whether called Area Locals or by other names) which comply with the requirements of this Article shall not be liable for the unauthorized action of their members or other postal employees.") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 13:05, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 18.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 18.2 === The Union or its local Unions (whether called Area Locals or by other names) will take reasonable action to avoid such activity and where such activity occurs, immediately inform striking employees they are in violation of this Agreement and order said employees back to work.") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 13:04, 16 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 18.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 18.1 === The Union in behalf of its members agrees that it will not call or sanction a strike or slowdown.") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 05:55, 15 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 13.2 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 13.2 Employee's Request for Reassignment A Temporary Reassignment === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>Tempory Reassignment</br></br> Any full-time employee or part-time flexible employee recuperating from a serious illness or injury and temporarily unable to perform the assigned duties may voluntarily submit a written request to the installation head for temporary assignment to a light duty or other assignment. The request shall be supported by a me...")
• 05:22, 15 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page § 13.1 NA2022 (Created page with "=== § 13.1 Introduction === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>Part-time fixed schedule employees assigned in the craft unit shall be considered to be in a separate category. All provisions of this Article apply to part-time fixed schedule employees within their own category.</li> <li>The U.S. Postal Service and the Union, recognizing their responsibility to aid and assist deserving full-time employees or part-time flexible employees who through illness or...")
• 19:25, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page CME OF178 OPM (Created page with "=== [https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of178.pdf Certification of Medical Examination] === <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> '''Optional File 178''' <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <pdf>File:Of_178-2012.pdf</pdf> </div></div>")
• 19:15, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page BAF1997 OPM (Created page with "[https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/publications-forms/benefits-administration-letters/1997/97-701.pdf Benefits Administration Letter] <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> '''BAF''' <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <pdf>File:97-701.pdf</pdf> </div></div> <b>From page 7 of 11:</b> {| class=“wikitable” |+ <b>Table 2.</b> |- ! FERS Applications ! Special Requirements |- | SF 3112 | Documentation In Support of Disability Retirement Application.<...")
• 18:56, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page File:97-701.pdf (OPM Benefits Administration Letter 1997)
• 18:56, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:97-701.pdf (OPM Benefits Administration Letter 1997)
• 18:55, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page BAF2020 OPM (Created page with "=== [https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/publications-forms/benefits-administration-letters/2020/20-102.pdf 2020 Benefits Administration Letter] === <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> '''BAF 2020''' <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <pdf>File:20-102.pdf</pdf> </div></div> <b>From page 3 and 4 of 6:</b></br> Evidence of Chain of Custody: Agencies must ensure the retirement application package chain of custody stays intact by adhering to the followin...")
• 18:48, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting Q & A OPM (Created page with "== [https://www.opm.gov/support/retirement/faq/applying-for-retirement-benefits/ Applying for Retirement Benefits Q & A] == <b>Learn more about disability benefits and retirement</b></br> FAQs and answers about disability benefits and federal retirement.")
• 18:41, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page Formatting BAF OPM (Created page with "== [https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/publications-forms/benefits-administration-letters/2020/20-102.pdf Benefits Administration Letter] == <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> '''BAF''' <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <pdf>File:20-102.pdf</pdf> </div></div> <b>From page 3 and 4 of 6</b></br> Evidence of Chain of Custody: Agencies must ensure the retirement application package chain of custody stays intact by adhering to the following: <ol style=...")
• 18:29, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs created page File:20-102.pdf (OPM Benefits Administration Letter)
• 18:29, 14 October 2023 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:20-102.pdf (OPM Benefits Administration Letter)