OHRLCA STEWARD SYSTEM

OhioUpdate No 32
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“Each one of us can make a difference. Together we can make a change!”
We were in the middle of the Spring district meeting schedule and very busy as we come around to visit with each district’s membership. Come to your district meetings, please! The union had prepared some very useful information for you to take back with you and we were presenting a very important message/presentation at the meetings. I ask you to come to your next district meeting and participate in the running of your union! There are important decisions to be made and unless you are sitting there, someone else is going to make them. You need to start being more active and attend to the business of the union. Please come out and listen when district meetings are scheduled. If you allow this union to run with others casting votes for you, you may be very disappointed. You can nominate yourself as a delegate to the National Convention, August 5-8th in Lexington Ky. We have to pay the expenses of 49 people to go and do the business of the association. You carriers should be fighting for the opportunity to go and represent the people of Ohio. Cut out the little nominating block from your National magazine and send it in, we look forward to seeing new faces attend.

Mail Count
I am happy to say; went better than expected here in Ohio. We came out of the count in better shape than most states.
Across the country, the loss was 154,378 evaluated hours for the 76,707 routes. That averages out to 2.01 hours per route. The loss had been projected as high as 200,000 hours of evaluation. By districts, our loses were……………
Columbus…1/2 hour per route, Cincinnati….1.03 hours per route and Northern Ohio…1.3 hours.
We have the political mailings to thank for some of that difference and we have trained very hard in mail count trainings for over 10 years now! We will begin, today, to plan for even more intensive mail count trainings for next spring. Please, it is very important for you to attend one of these trainings every year. Three hours of your time, can save you three hours of evaluation!

LWOP is being denied as per instruction from the districts. If you have been accustomed to using it, you may wish to approach management carefully on the issue. Local managers are being told not to approve LWOP. Article 10.4.B, of the National Agreement says we are contractually entitled to LWOP on Saturday, if a leave replacement is available; it says: “Upon request, a rural carrier shall be granted annual leave or leave without pay on Saturday, at the carrier’s option, provided a leave replacement is available.” Saturday is the only day that is contractual, and then you must have a leave replacement available to work.

“Bank Your Sick Leave, Protect your Future!” is the name of the new campaign being launched in the districts. It enlightens management to check more closely the sick leave patterns of their employees. We understand that the training has been done and we should begin hearing from carriers as they are confronted with the results. They want management to better control the amount of sick leave that is used and to take the abusers to task. If you are careful and only use what is necessary, they may not have any issue with you. On the other hand, discipline has been coming from this issue on a more frequent basis. There is a tracking device called a PS Form 3972; it lists your status on each workday of the year. This form makes it easier for management to see patterns of sick leave or emergency leave (like looking at a calendar). If you call off sick or call off “unscheduled” too many times, you may be disciplined for your attendance. Be careful! This is a hot topic. Schedule doctor’s appointments away from work hours and have a signed and dated PS Form 3971 leave form when you are taking annual leave. You will be sick and have to miss work and the problems of life will require you to ask for leave at the last minute; but, if you are not abusing these two areas…..there may not be a problem!

Flat Sequencing (FSS) is to begin in the Columbus district in the spring of 2009. We have seen the plans and the site where they will be employed. There will be three machines installed in the Twin Rivers Dr. plant and they will impact 444 rural routes. (as per the current plan, only 30 offices are included) We learned that the flat volume for our area is very low and that the impact from the FSS machines will not be as high as some other areas of the country. The reason Columbus was chosen as one of the first sites; was that the Twin Rivers Dr. facility was empty and available at no additional expense to the Postal Service. So, they opted to install not one, but three machine there and to truck these flats as far as they could to get the most cost savings. The offices to be included:
Delaware, Dublin, Granville, Hilliard, Lewis Center, Marysville, Mount Vernon, New Albany, Newark, Pataskala, Plain City, Powell, Reynoldsburg, Westerville, Canal Winchester, Circleville, Galloway, Grove City, Lancaster, London, Pickerington, Washington CH, Lincoln Village, Gahanna, Marion, Bellefontaine, Chillicothe, Portsmouth, Athens and Marietta. We will know more about the impact per route, as we progress through the implementation, but; basically the time to case your flats will be the loss. Routes that have heavier flats will lose more; as a normal flat volume, will see an impact of 1-2 hours. They say that 80% of flats will be involved and that the DPS scheme will be used to sort the flats, also. (I have a PS Form 4241 and a manual calculation sheet in my hand as I write this. If I take 80% of the flats, 4000 of them….and I back out the casing time for those…..the loss would be about 3 hours per week on this particular route) So, mail count training will be even more important as we approach next spring. We will plan to have even more intensive trainings so we capture all you are entitled to under the count. That will help offset this loss of time from FSS flats. But, you must come out to the trainings! Make it a point to attend at least one mail count training in the first part of 2009! It’s your money! The other districts of Cincinnati and Northern Ohio are scheduled to get machines in 2010 and beyond, we will keep you informed as to their deployment.

Route adjustments and assignments following the 2008 mail count is the name of a file on the National website. Go to www.nrlca.org, then to “What’s New?” and the first item is the one you want. It talks about adjustments and consolidations and relief days, etc. It is good reading, as is Article 12.5.B of the National Agreement and Section 840 of Handbook M-38. They are talking about consolidating routes in these passages.

School is almost out for the summer! Be very careful about your driving in and around small children. They are excited and don’t necessarily look for traffic, will dart out from behind parked cars and are watching a ball or a dog and are not paying attention. You rural carriers are some of the safest drivers in the country, so, watch for these children and drive like the professionals you are!

Retroactive salary payments are appearing on this weeks pay stubs. The first carrier who called said his was $785. This is where the salary rates changed from the new language in our contract.

    Enjoy! Thank You! Dave

OhioUpdate No 31
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Mail Count is over! We are hearing a mixed bag of results but we are waiting on the final results.

I have heard from carriers who gained, some that stayed the same and some that lost a few hours. We will see! Crunch those numbers tonight, add up your own copies of the daily 4239’s and then compare your totals to management’s totals. Spend the time and protect yourself as best you can. Also use the “mail count guide” in the National Rural Letter Carrier magazine to get the factor for each column and then calculate it yourself. Make sure the credit is right!

Certain issues that you need to know about:

1. Parcels collected on the route (column “O”) page 61 of the Special Contract Edition, National Rural Carrier magazine, explanation: If I go to John Smith’s mail box and inside it is a parcel the size of a loaf of bread and on it is an envelope with a $10 bill and a note that says, “Dave mail this for me” John.  I take it to the post office (there are no charts or scales for me to use) and I go to the clerk; who weighs, rates and puts postage on the parcel, makes change from his $10 bill and give me the change and receipt…..I get credit for a parcel accepted under column “O”. If there are charts and scales to use, then I use them and apply postage myself!

2. If you go out to a Parcel Pickup customer and their manifest has 4 parcels on it (90+36seconds) and there are:
   a)  two more Priority, Express or International mail items………then the two extras are also 9 
         seconds each
   b)  three other parcels, are just regular parcels, they would be put into column “O” if over two
        pounds and as other classifications of mail if they are not over two pounds

3. Riffling time is actual time on a stop watch!

4. No credit for canceling a stamp.

5. Actual time in edit book, over and beyond adding boxes and deleting boxes.

6. Scanners that must be reset at intermediate offices, get no additional credit. In our time study of the scanning procedures, we used scanners with multiple zip codes and those were incorporated into the 18 and 28 seconds.

7. Scans are to be done as the article is delivered, don’t let management scan them, put them in a bag and have you deliver them, we will need to argue that!

8. DPS mail that is non-deliverable and is brought back from the route is then counted again as raw mail for the next day, this applies even if you are casing the DPS.

9. Daily mail count forms (4239’s) have to be given to the carrier daily, with the entries shown and the times recorded.

10. You have 48 hours to review the last mail count form, the PS Form 4241…..and you should add up all your daily count sheets and make sure that your figures match what management has on theirs etc. Do not sign the form: if you are planning to disagree with the validity of the count. You can make your 2080 guarantee and ask for the high option and sign for both of these. but, Don’t sign for the validity of the count, if you are going to disagree!

There was some delayed mail in the processing plants on the last day of count. The error of not getting it loaded on the proper trucks and then the inclement weather made for mail being left at the plant. This mail was tagged and then dispatched to the offices and will be credited to the rural carriers as part of their mail count. Thanks go out to management and craft for watching over the volume levels and movement of mail.

Did you receive “early mail” before the count started? Did you receive “late mail” meaning it arrived at your office after the count was over but was marked for delivery during the count?

Did you see any documentation telling management to limit certain areas of the mail count?

(such as limiting loading time to 8 minutes or not allowing credit for packages picked up from customers at their homes, where we had to have a clerk affix postage) If so, I need your information , in writing, by mail or by e-mail ASAP. Don’t be shy, let us know what you suspect, but hard evidence we want!

Have you been on the new National website? It is really something and seems to be much easier to use. When you try it for the first time, treat it just like a new site. Go to “Register for a new account”, put in your ID number, name, password, e-mail address and then check the two boxes below to receive information for the members and policy updates.  When you are inside, go to “Steward Operations” click down to “References”, then down to the “Nrlca”……..look at the bottom and you will see the 2008 Mail Count Calculator to figure your route evaluation on.

Cost of Living adjustment to take effect on March 15^th, 2008

The CPI-W for January rose to 615.8 and is 9.2 points above the May 2007  base of 606.6. This amounts to a $458 per annum or $17.62 per pay period or 22 cents per hour increase. The increase is proportional for routes over 40 hours. This increase will become effective during Pay Period 7, as per Article 9.1.F.2 of the National Agreement.

Now, try the new look of the State website!

Acts of God information is printed on our state website at www.ohrlca.org, go to the “State Steward” and click on it
then, scroll down to Acts of God article. The blizzard of this last weekend was horrible to get around in. I hope you were paid correctly for the situation you were in. The snow and ice made for some very dangerous driving, but; you are professionals and did your job with extra caution. Make sure your vehicle is ready for the next one!

Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va) will sponsor the FERS sick leave reward plan. He will formally announce it at the FMA annual convention which runs from March 9 – 13 at the Crystal City Hilton in Arlington Va. In his plan, workers under the FERS retirement plan would get payments at retirement worth up to $10,000 . Under current rules CSRS employees can apply their unused sick leave toward retirement. FERS employees cannot. This is just one area of legislation that our PAC dollars are being used to inform congress and the senate about rural carriers and their need for a way to use their unused sick leave. We suffer in this area and PAC may be able to change some minds!

Send your PAC donation to Ray Nichols, Ohio PAC Chairman, 20915 Nichols Ln, Freeport Oh 43973. Thanks!

We just set our clocks forward one hour for Spring and we are advised to change the batteries in our smoke detectors. Did you know that AAA recommends also:

1)      check the bulbs in light fixtures for the correct wattage.

2)      use fluorescent bulbs where you can

3)      keep a multi-purpose fire extinguisher accessible

4)      check for damage to your roof and make sure gutters are clean and flowing

5)      check your hot water tank for leaks and corrosion

6)      clean or replace your furnace filter

7)      clean the clothes dryer exhaust

8)      inspect washer hoses and replace as needed

I want to warn you about paycheck problems, Interim adjustment delays and Letters of demand, where the USPS asks you to pay back money or just plain poor payroll procedures that lead to your check being …….wrong! I want you to remember to file a grievance when you have asked management to fix the problem and then two paychecks have arrived and no solution, file the grievance!

Thank You! Thank You! We need to say this to stewards; Del Hutchisson, Carla Dedden, Erik Hirschfeld and President Tom Frost for helping to inspect the processing plants and to monitor the mail flow during mail count!

Also, thanks to all the carriers that monitored the local docks and processing units! Good Job!

I want to say  “Good Luck and Best Wishes” to Jeanette Zook as she moves toward retirement at the end of this month. Many of you know that she had some health problems and has been off for awhile. She now is fulfilling her postal career and Senior Assistant State Steward role by taking a few more days of phone calls. Jeanette has worked tirelessly for you, the carriers, and has been steadfast in her support of all rural carriers. I am envious that she and her husband Buster will now have the time and the wherewithal to do things that are important to them. Where ever they go and whatever they do, they will make an impact! That is just the kind of people they are. (we will miss that fudge, won’t we?) Thank You, Jeanette, I will miss you!

You can contact them:
Jeanette and Buster Zook, 1165 Twp Hwy 204, Bloomingdale Oh 43910-7865

District union meetings are coming up here in just a few weeks. Are you going to attend? In order to be a delegate to State convention, you have to have your name submitted at the Spring district meeting. Will you be a delegate to the State Convention? If you are not there, you cannot vote on the issues or the candidates. Please attend your district meeting and send strong delegates to State convention!  And, how about National convention in Lexington Ky this year. It is a great place to visit and a good place for you to become a delegate to National.

Send in your nomination slip from the National Rural Carrier magazine and get your name on the ballot. I see, all too often, the attitude…..”I’ll be retired by then, elect anybody that you will!”……or, ……”I’ll be gone by then, I won’t care anymore”. Someday we will end up electing people that do not have your best interest at heart. If you are there to judge the people running for office, wouldn’t you feel better about? Make your own choices, be there!

The best way to teach character, is to have it around the house!

Please: don’t delay!

Let me know ASAP about the early and late mail issues that you encountered and if you know of other offices that have had problems; have them contact me also.     Dave King, 61 Naples Valley Dr, Ashland Ky 41102-8371

fax number, 606-928-8642
 

 Thank You, Dave
 

OhioUpdate No 29
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Issues of Interest:

Make your reservations for the Booster Meeting on February 3rd, 2008 at Cherry Valley Lodge, 2299 Cherry Valley Rd, Newark Oh 43055. We should have notified them already, so call today at 740-788-1200 or 800-788-8008 (Don Bigham-edit book specialist and Rick Gorney-rural analyst, will be speaking) Time 9am-4pm for this meeting on Sunday Feb 3rd.

We need everyone to get themselves on this OhioUpdate list. It is the only way that the union can reach you quickly. It may prove to be crucial during this mail count. So, if you would help us by asking other carriers to send an e-mail to the above address with: name, office they work in and their home phone number…….we will add them to the list and send them back an e-mail to verify it.

The RCA test is being given on February 4th, 2008 in the Columbus district. If you are scheduled, be sure to attend!

Thomas Markey has joined the NRLCA staff as the Director of Workers’ Compensation. He will be responsible for answering questions and giving guidance to NRLCA members who have been injured on the job and need assistance with an OWCP claim. You can reach Mr. Markey at 703-684-5545 from 9am-5pm. You will be hearing more about him and his extensive background. Welcome Mr. Markey!

Thank You, Dave

Contract awarded by Arbitrator Fishgold

Here are some of the highlights, the whole proposed contract agreement from Dec 06 (the one that was rejected) is now in effect and part of this award, also! So dig out your old copy!

First, the arbitrator declared that there would not be "locality pay" as the USPS had wanted. And, that there would not be talk of raising the rural pay level to that of the NALC city carriers. Mail count in 2008, will be Feb 23rd thru Mar 7th. Either side can opt the route in to be counted. Our Ohio training dates or "mail count seminars" dates, will be printed in this next state paper.

The duration of this agreement is Nov 21, 2006 thru Midnight Nov 20, 2010.

Salary increases:
 Nov 25, 2006…….1.2% above the rate in effect on 9-2-06, for step and grade
 Nov 24, 2007…….1.5% "
 Nov 22, 2008…….1.5% "
 Nov 21, 2009…….1.5% "

One time cash payment of $686 for full time rural carrier and other career rural/proportional by hours worked

COLA, will be retained and will use the May 2007 index as a base

Equipment Maintenance Allowance:
  January 2008…….3 cents increase
  October 2008…….2 cents "
  October 2009…….2.5 cents more

Insurance premiums for health care:
  2009…….carrier to pay 2% more
  2010…….carrier to pay 1% more
  201……...carrier to pay 1% more
  TRC percentage will be 15% instead of the 20% we had been subject to (Article 7.D.1)

Change of address:
will be 15 seconds for the 3982 label unless you fill out the 3575, 3546 or notating the 3982….then 2 minutes for the label

LLVs: the arbitrator overruled the Postal Service on this one, will deploy 15,000 vehicles, 3000 each year from 2009 thru 2013 the full award is linked to the "What’s New?" page on the www.nrlca.org website.

Dave

OhioUpdate No 27

Ice and snow coming, drive carefully!

There is much good news, go to the national website at www.nrlca.org

Go to, "What’s New?" and then read each of the following………………….

2002 mail count award, to be paid quickly, $780 to each regular rural carrier and $195 to each relief carrier (on the rolls as of the dates of the award)

Equipment Maintenance Allowance, increases by 6 cents on January 8th, 2008, to 57 cents per mile

Rural carrier pay problem for PP25, certain rural carriers did not receive a pay check, the USPS and it’s managers are working to correct the problem. Pay advances of 65% of the gross amount are available (not including EMA)

2008 mail count option election, for the February 23rd thru March 7th, 2008 mail count, can be utilized between December 15th thru January 11th, 2008, by the regular carrier or management to "opt-in" a particular route.

Revisions to the USPS/NRLCA National Agreement, five pages highlighting the 2006-2010 Agreement, 5 pages

Carrier Pickup issues resolved, starting with the 2008 mail count, 90 seconds for each carrier pickup request completed and an additional 9 seconds for each item received

The award of the arbitrator, 18 pages

Take the time to read all of the information on each of these issues and I think you will have a smile on your face. As you read down through "What’s New?" you will come to the Fletters award and see that we did not win that one. That is the way it goes, even the issues that we are passionate about (like fletters) can be lost in the argument. But, your union is fighting for these issues and not holding back. I appreciate their efforts and I told the National officers so, just today. It is coming up on Christmas and the holiday season; why not send a card to The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, 1630 Duke St.. Fourth floor, Alexandria Va 22314-3467 and tell the officers and staff that you appreciate their efforts on our behalf. I am sure that they will appreciate it!

Overtime denied! We are hearing that in every other call that we receive. Some offices are hearing those words for the first time, they had never been denied overtime before. Others have dealt with this for the last three years. Management has kept track of the offices that use overtime and have moved to stop the use of it. We are not guaranteed overtime! Call us if you have questions. Show that rural carriers care, give to the less fortunate!

Dave

OhioUpdate No 26

Arbitrator Eischen denies "fletters" arbitration case. You can go to the "What’s New" section of the website www.nrlca.org, to read the decision in its entirety. It was not good news for the rural craft. We will wait for the written decision and the take the appropriate steps to withdraw the grievances that we are holding in abeyance on this issue. The National office will release more on this subject in the near future.

Second run of DPS? Some of our offices have been experiencing a second run of DPS mail. One of the runs, usually the smaller of the two, is counted as sector-segment and the carriers paid the difference between DPS and the sector segment. To do that you multiply the number of pieces by .0365, giving you minutes of compensation. There is about 215 pieces of DPS mail per linear foot. So, if you cannot count the pieces, multiply the footage by 215 and then by .0365…..this will give you minutes of compensation. If management has not reacted and paid you within two pay periods……you will need to file a grievance to get your money. Make them accountable for the second runs, it is your money!

Winter weather has arrived! You may want to do more preparation to get ready for winter driving; try these tips:

• Have your mechanic check the vehicle over, tire tread 1/16 or greater, check tire pressure- cold reduces it.

• Anti-freeze, 50/50 mix?
  Oil change and filters, transmission fluid? Battery need replaced? Check it out!

• In snow and ice, base your speed on the time it will take you to stop the vehicle! Turn off cruise control!

• Wiper blades?
  Keep the fuel tank as full as possible! Do you need a shovel, ice-melt, food, water, flashlight, heavy clothes, gloves, in the trunk? Do you carry a cell phone? Is your insurance up-to-date?

Deer accidents! Several of our carriers have lost a vehicle to a deer collision in the last few weeks. Most accidents happen with them between dusk and dawn. Watch for "deer-crossing" signs! Be careful when heavy vegetation is along the road. Use your high-beam lights when possible.

Thank You, Dave

Please share this OhioUpdate with others in your office

We find that some do not have a computer and are not on the OhioUpdate list. We send out information that is important to the membership. If you can help pass it around, we would appreciate it. You can tell the new relief carriers that they can be on the OhioUpdate list just as soon as they join the union, by sending:

• Name

• Office they work in

• Home phone number

Send via email and put "add me to the OhioUpdate list" in the subject line.

Thank You, Dave

Acts of God

This past December has been a very busy and complex Christmas period for rural carriers. We have seen very poor weather conditions over much of our state on more than one occasion. This has caused problems with delivery and many questions from the carriers about the proper procedure for reporting and for pay related issues. P O 603 152.1 " You must report to the post office, as scheduled, without regard to weather conditions, and must make every effort to perform full service". This is what is described as our duties. The issue of pay is outlined in the pay manual F 21 582.231, Situation 1, "If a rural carrier is scheduled to work and due to an Act of God (adverse weather conditions, roads closed, blizzard, etc.) is unable to report to work, the following apply:

• the carrier must call in and advise the postmaster

• compensation

• designations 71,72, and 74 receive a full day’s compensation and no EMA

• designations 70, 73,75, 77, 78, and 79 are not entitled to compensation

• preparation of PS Form 1314 for designations 71,72,74

• record an O (other leave) on the appropriate day

• annotate the back of Form 1314 with the reason (act of God)

• use a replacement SSAN of 999-99-9999 to cross foot Form 1314

Now, notice the difference in language in the next part: F 21 582.232

Situation 2, "If a rural carrier is scheduled to work and is contacted by the postmaster not to report because of an act of God, follow the entitlement and procedures in 582.231b and c. (the same as above)

And, what if you made it to the office:

F 21 582.233 Situation 3, "If a rural carrier scheduled to work reports to the office, but no mail is available and none is expected because of an act of God, the following rules apply:

A. compensation
     1. designations 71,72, and 74 are paid a full day’s compensation and EMA
    2. designations 70,73,75,77,78, and 79 are entitled to 2 hours guaranteed time.
        No EMA is due.
        (it goes on here and describes how the Form 1314-A is filled out)
       

And, what if you make it to the office, work; but cannot complete full service:

F 21 582.234 Situation 4 "If the rural carriers scheduled for duty report to the postal installation but are unable to complete full service through no fault of their own, they receive compensation according to their designation.

     a. designations 71,72, and 74 receive a full day’s compensation and EMA
     b. designations 70,73,75 and 78 when performing service on a regular rural route, receive
         a full day’s compensation plus EMA
     c. designation 70,75, 77, 78, and 79, when performing service on an auxiliary route,
         receive compensation for actual hours and hundredths worked ( 2 hour minimum). EMA
         is only for route hours, trips and miles traveled.

If you feel that you were not paid correctly, we recommend that you file a grievance within 14 days.

Call the union steward in charge of your office, immediately.

Please, save this paper and mark it "Acts of God", keep all state papers and your national magazines.

How to request an Interim Adjustment
   (Article 9.2.C.10.a)

The last time your route was counted, your evaluation was set at _____hours and _____minutes. If you have added new deliveries and deleted vacancies and you still have a gain in the number of deliveries or the mileage of your route, you may be entitled to an Interim Adjustment. (that is when they update the PS Form 4003, Official Rural Route Description and, if the net time change is over 60 minutes, they update your pay amount also)

When the last mail count was finished you had _____boxes and _____ miles and _____ centralized boxes.

You want to see if you have gained in those areas and then give a value to the change and see if you have gained 60 minutes of evaluation. You use the Rural Route Interim Adjustment Worksheet to do this. This worksheet is not an official document, it is crafted so you may calculate and see if the Interim Adjustment is called for at this time. If so, management has paperwork to do and a new PS Form 4003 is updated with the new boxes added, new mileage and the correct number of centralized boxes. Note: nothing happens with your pay until the PS Form 4003 is changed and submitted to the proper data base. See*

The PS Form 4241-A (in your route book) has those official figures for boxes, centralized boxes and mileage.

If you have your PS Form 4003 and You PS Form 4241-A and you really know how many boxes you are servicing and how many miles that you are driving, you can calculate and see if you deserve an Interim Adjustment.

Let’s say that you have calculated the boxes and miles and worked out the changes and it shows that you have gained 79 minutes of evaluation.

     *write a friendly note to your Postmaster, such as:

Date___________

Dear Sir,

On __________(date) I re-calculated the number of deliveries and mileage on rural route _____ and I came up with a net gain of ______ additional minutes. (copies enclosed)

Please process a new PS Form 4003 and any pay increase that is justified from the changes.

Thank You,

_________________(signed) Rural Route ______

Keep the original note and the original papers used to make the calculation, the effective date of the change should then be the beginning of the next pay period.

have someone else witness that you did indeed give the papers to the Postmaster

it can sometimes take a full pay period to implement and send in a change, it could then take another pay period to get that change onto your check. If you wait for two pay periods and there is nothing on your check, then you must file a grievance immediately or risk losing the pay issue! They may say it has been processed and is on it’s way, if that is true….we can then settle the grievance and your money has been protected.

*Do not be mislead, if the PS Form 4003 is not updated and processed in the proper way,

you will not receive the adjustment. Nothing is updated automatically from the edit book figures.