Jan 31, 2019. #9. Many carriers believe that the RHD incentive payment is for new vehicles, it is not only for new vehicles, but for vehicles that have not yet been used on a mail route. Imports into the US are currently allowed after 25 years with no penalty, so any vehicle from one of the Japanese import companies is eligible for the $1000 ...Evaluated Carriers (Routes 35 Hours or More) (1) For all hours of required service in excess of the evaluated hours of the route, evaluated carriers shall be paid additional compensation at the appropriate rate for their step, in accordance with Article 8.3., for those hours within the 40-hour work week and at the FLSA overtime rate for those ...Xmansw said: Good morning...as a rural carrier are we eligible for short term disability if we will be out of work for an extended time do to non work related injury. No. If you are a regular and this is a non work related injury or illness you have your sick leave, annual leave, LWOP and you can also request up to 30 days of advanced sick leave.An Assistant Rural Carrier, also known as a Rural Letter Carrier, is one who has been hired by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver and transport mail. To work as a delivery driver for a Rural Carrier, you must be 18 years old, a citizen or legal alien of the United States, able to pass a drug screening and background check.Due to personal reasons I left the Postal Service in 2013. I had 10 years in, about 8 1/2 ad a career/regular carrier. I have rejoined the USPS as of February 2021 as an RCA. My question(s) is/are: ... The rural carrier position was THE job to have -- back before 2000.-- To add to your confusion, check out Article 7 of the contract ( also ...n PS Form 1314, Regular Rural Carrier Time Certificate, and. n PS Form 1314-A, Auxiliary Rural Carrier Time Certificate. Table of Exhibits. Exhibit 1 — Regular Carrier Works in Excess of Route's Evaluation. Exhibit 2 — Regular Carrier Not on Relief Day Work List Works Relief Day (Week 2) and Does Not Receive an X Day in the Same Pay PeriodEvaluated Carriers (Routes 35 Hours or More) (1) For all hours of required service in excess of the evaluated hours of the route, evaluated carriers shall be paid additional compensation at the appropriate rate for their step, in accordance with Article 8.3., for those hours within the 40-hour work week and at the FLSA overtime rate for those ...Everyone, please help make our jobs easier and choose the correct category. Thank you518.2 Holidays on Nonscheduled Workdays. 518.21 Saturday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as the holiday. 518.22 Sunday. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the holiday. 518.23 Nonscheduled Workday.Apr 10, 2022. #6. Surprise! said: Seems after all that paying full price for membership it may be time to settle score now that you get the retirement discount. Become a representative to the National Convention. No thanks! Would feel guilty taking carriers money!Well-known member. Jun 24, 2020. #19. Gotrope said: Ideally discipline should be progressive within in particular category. Failure to follow, accidents, unscheduled leave, etc. But they should not be combining discipline from an accident and a later minor unrelated offense to create a 7/14/removal discipline.Further, in accordance with Article 9.1.H.3, effective November 18, 2023 (PP 25-2023), Rural Carrier Associates (RCAs) and Assistant Rural Carriers (ARCs) will receive a similar upward wage adjustment equal to 1.3% applied to the Tables Three and Four wage rates and a 1.0% wage adjustment for a total of 2.3% of the appropriate May 20, 2021, salary schedule.Pursuant to the release of the January 2024 Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E, the sixth and final COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $353.00 increase for eligible rural carriers. This COLA adjustment will be effective March 9, 2024 (PP 2024-07).- V-1, in part: However, a regular rural carrier or a substitute rural carrier ( Designation 72 ) may be entitled to Christmas overtime in accordance with Article 9.2.K of the National Agreement. ( which is not longer in the 2021-2024 contract but probably addressed in 9.2.H. -- Christmas Allowances and Procedures )Vacant Routes | Rural Mail Talk. Please keep questions in the Questions forum to contract, procedures, and requests for documentation. Vehicle, TSP, retirement, etc questions please post in the regular forums. Thank you. Everyone, please help make our jobs easier and choose the correct category. Thank you.Dec 28, 2023. #3. Twingrlie said: Any time limits must be extended mutually and in writing. Handshakes mean nothing if management "forgets" it even happened. From A to Arbitration is a city podcast. Idk why you'd talk to a city person on rural stuff. Thanks for the condescending post that doesn't help at all.Here's the rule on Aux routes: "Auxiliary Rural Carriers, Rural Carrier Reliefs, Rural Carrier Associates, Rural Carrier Part Time Flexibles, and Auxiliary Assistance. Employees providing auxiliary assistance or serving auxiliary routes under the provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.5, will receive EMA of 74.0¢ cents per mile or $8.00 per hour ...Assuming you mean paid family leave--no. You can use any annual or sick leave you have accrued, but there is no additional leave. Our benefits are determined by our contracts and federal employee work rules; individual state rules don't apply to us. Not open for further replies. Can we as Rural Carriers receive PFMLA benefits?Apr 10, 2022. #6. Surprise! said: Seems after all that paying full price for membership it may be time to settle score now that you get the retirement discount. Become a representative to the National Convention. No thanks! Would feel guilty taking carriers money!Apr 24, 2019. #12. Rural Mail Lady said: I was sent the paperwork to apply for Reasonable Accommodations, I have had probably 20 surgeries, etc. I let them know my Dr. said he will not return me to full duty, for me to file for disability retirement. So once paper work went in, they offer me Reasonable Accommodations.Rural Carriers In accordance with the provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.3, of Handbook EL-902, Agreement Between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, effective October 7, 2023 (pay period 22-23), the equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) will increase to 98.0 cents per mile. The EMA is 98.0 ...Rural Carrier Duties and ResponsibilitiesTransmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 September 2013 Transmittal Letter A. Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. B. Online Availability. This handbook is available on the Postal Service™ intranet asMandatory Stand-Up Talk MINI MAIL SURVEY The Stand-Up Talk must be presented to all rural carriers by September 9, 2022. Mini Mail Survey Period: September 10 through September 23, 2022. A mini mail survey is scheduled beginning September 10, 2022, through September 23, 2022. The mini mail survey is oneAre you on the lookout for amazing deals on a wide range of products? Look no further than Rural King’s clearance sale. With a reputation for offering high-quality products at affo...Yes you can easily exceed 2240 without exceeding 2080. Excess 2240 hours are completely management's fault for requiring/allowing excessive overtime hours to be used, usually a lack of hiring rcas. 2080 excesses can be due to a carrier being slow, a route being over burdened (again management's fault) or other causes, (no RCAs).Jan 31, 2019. #9. Many carriers believe that the RHD incentive payment is for new vehicles, it is not only for new vehicles, but for vehicles that have not yet been used on a mail route. Imports into the US are currently allowed after 25 years with no penalty, so any vehicle from one of the Japanese import companies is eligible for the $1000 ...Art. 30.2.H, page 124 of contract: Relief day on vacant J and K routes: when a sub, RCA, or rural carrier relief employee is serving full-time on a vacant route or during the absence of the regular carrier, a relief day shall be granted, in the case of a J or K route, if requested by the employee and if a leave replacement is available, or if required by local mgmt.Assuming you mean paid family leave--no. You can use any annual or sick leave you have accrued, but there is no additional leave. Our benefits are determined by our contracts and federal employee work rules; individual state rules don't apply to us. Not open for further replies. Can we as Rural Carriers receive PFMLA benefits?I'm a rural carrier 41k route. They moved my K day from Monday to Tuesday due to formulated office. I been working 6 days a week for over a year due to lack of help. I now have 80 annual leave days saved up. Since I can only carrier over 65 days {hope its not 55} I need to use 15 days this year or I loose them.A Texas-based letter carrier named Shelon Williams told KVUE in Austin that RRECS estimated only 71 percent of her route was covered on an average day. She claimed that she covered it in full. “I urge you all to consider grieving any discrepancies you may have noticed in the new system,” said one letter carrier on Rural Mail Talk. “By ...This is a quote from Rural info from 2018. "Everyone, watch for this one. The USPS is using Publication 399 to tell carriers that they only scan 5 parcels in a carrier pickup request. The actual language is IF there is not a SCAN FORM or Carrier pickup request, but in some offices, they have already said it applies to all carrier pickups."City Carrier Assistant – United States Postal Service – Estherville, IA 05/21/2024; Mail Carrier – United States Postal Service – Redmond, WA 05/21/2024; RCA Rural Carrier Associate – United States Postal Service – Minong, WI 05/21/2024; Automotive Technician – United States Postal Service – Milwaukee, WI 05/21/2024Rural Mail Talk Our official Ruralinfo.net Forum. Ruralinfo.net on Facebook – Our facebook page that is always hopping! Ruralinfo.net Knowledgebase – Our knowledgebase full of …02/16/2023. Subscribe. Per the 2021-2024 Agreement between the NRLCA and USPS: Effective the Presidents’ Day 2023 holiday, regular rural carriers who work their holiday, at their option, may elect to have their annual leave balance credited with one day of annual leave in lieu of holiday pay. DACA Code G has been established for this purpose ...Rural carriers who are not already performing the necessary RRECS activity scans using the MDD will begin scanning on February 19, 2022, to gain proficiency with the new scans. Beginning March 12, 2022, a two-week survey will be conducted to determine the average weekly number of activity scans per route. Once the average is determined, …Rural Mail Talk; Calendar; RCA info; Knowledgebase; Resources. All things RRECS; Links; Benefits; The Ruralinfo.net guide for Rural Carriers; Support Us. Postal Tees; Postal Ebay; Buy me a coffee; More. About; Go mobile; DisclaimerThe hated compensation system was first launched this spring to disastrous effects for rural letter carriers, resulting in massive pay cuts for around two-thirds of the rural workforce, in some ...Staff member. Jan 31, 2024. #1. The delegates at the 2018 National Convention passed a binding resolution stating, "That a week during the year be designated as Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.". The NRLCA National Board has designated the first full week in February (February 3-9, 2024) as "Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.".We have been told that upon clocking in, we are required to go to the supervisors desk for a daily service/stand up talk every day. I've been looking around and it seems under the new RRECS system, we are only getting paid for one five minute meeting a week. Our meetings last anywhere from 8-15 minutes every day. ... USPS Rural Carrier Union ...Rural Carriers Our PM said that upper management want to change our start time to possibly 8am. Has anyone heard about this? Last edited: Jul 31, 2022. Reactions: Dumbassclerksyndrome and ovomb1. L. lovethemail Well-known member. Jul 31, 2022 #2 In this heat 7:30 is bad enough. They threaten us with 8 every so often.Representing rural postal workers in the U.S.May 16, 2019. #2. The PTF position is a bid-for position akin to the Regular bid position. It would go through the same bidding process. PTFs are usually created due to a lack of new-hires, too many 120-Day letters to fulfill, & too many Peeps working OT.A Texas-based letter carrier named Shelon Williams told KVUE in Austin that RRECS estimated only 71 percent of her route was covered on an average day. She claimed that she covered it in full. “I urge you all to consider grieving any discrepancies you may have noticed in the new system,” said one letter carrier on Rural Mail Talk. “By ...Staff member. Dec 28, 2023. #1. 2024 Pay Dates and Leave Year The following chart lists the 2024 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full pay period in the ...Shoes and hats are okay, but shirts, pants, jackets are "off limits". Probably the same for some "look alike" brands out there. -- Retiring city carriers often "pass down" their old uniforms -- while manglement looks the other way when rural carriers wear city carrier shirts / pants. a.Representing rural postal workers in the U.S.Rural Carriers @ Delphi. Rural carrier news of solidarity and union support sharing information about our rural craft to educate rural carriers across America. Please participate in any of the discussions listed on the left or your own new discussion. This message board will allow you to help keep in touch with contacts, exchange ideas, post ...Jul 21, 2022. #8. About 15 years they to cut my route by 200 boxes and had to create a new auxiliary route. The district guy that overlooked all the rural routes in my area came out to my office. We drove around in my car and showed him the best way to cut 200 boxes and he said great, no problem. Not anymore! M.-- M-38, Section 224.2 -- Any regular rural carrier or substitute assigned to serve a rural route, who is required by management to furnish a vehicle for that route shall be paid EMA.-- Article 9.2.J.5 of the contract: Auxiliary Assistance and Auxiliary Rural Carriers.I could have told the PO that one. This "issue" was resolved in 1969. That's over 50 years ago. Also, the carrier does not need permission for a specific or particular vehicle. The criteria is that a vehicle is REQUIRED to be supplied / provided by the carrier. Then, to LITERALLY add insult to injury , they attempt to deny this carrier's claim.See this recent post. Data element 47 of a rural carrier's form 50 is titled, Rural Carr-EMA. This item indicates the presence or absence of EMA payment rights. G - Government Vehicle indicates the assigned route has an associated USPS owned or leased vehicle. Therefore, the carrier does not receive EMA.May 4, 2021. #9. Dominator said: View attachment 3950. If the express mail's destination is other than the regular rural carrier's assigned route, I'd need an authority that overrides this rule before I could dismiss the breach. I agree with you that Express Mail is not craft specific, however, that argument only negates "crossing crafts ...I could have told the PO that one. This "issue" was resolved in 1969. That's over 50 years ago. Also, the carrier does not need permission for a specific or particular vehicle. The criteria is that a vehicle is REQUIRED to be supplied / provided by the carrier. Then, to LITERALLY add insult to injury , they attempt to deny this carrier's claim.The desired outcome to any change in casing equipment is an EFFICIENT CASE LAYOUT. =====. From the M-38, Section 342.21 One Bundle System. 342.211 Cases will be set up generally with two inch separations and two deliveries per separation ( or one inch slot with one delivery per slot ). Managers may vary the size of the separations and the ...May 6, 2018. #5. Chrissy -- "Since getting a new postmaster we are automatically being denied leave on the grounds that we have ‘no sub of record.’. -- Sure sounds as if the new PM does want to manage. Not having a "sub of record" is a lame excuse to deny leave. -- Keep submitting leave requests and keep the denied ones which may come in ...Variable Work Hours. As an RCA, you will replace a regular rural carrier on his or her scheduled day off (primarily Saturday), on vacation, or on other leave. Work hours will vary depending on the office and route to which you are assigned. You must be willing to work weekends and some holidays and be available for on-call employment.1. If an employer requests a change to the work schedule after notice has been given, an employee may decline the request. 2. Mandatory rest periods between shifts. Employees are entitled to rest during the first 10 hours following the end of a previous calendar day’s work, or the first 10 hours following the end of a work shift that spanned ...Variable Work Hours. As an RCA, you will replace a regular rural carrier on his or her scheduled day off (primarily Saturday), on vacation, or on other leave. Work hours will vary depending on the office and route to which you are assigned. You must be willing to work weekends and some holidays and be available for on-call employment.Evaluated Carriers (Routes 35 Hours or More) (1) For all hours of required service in excess of the evaluated hours of the route, evaluated carriers shall be paid additional compensation at the appropriate rate for their step, in accordance with Article 8.3., for those hours within the 40-hour work week and at the FLSA overtime rate for those ...03/11/2024. MOUNT OLIVET — Randol Thomas, a carrier at the United States Postal Office in Mount Olivet, recently retired after 43 years of service. “After 43 years at the Mount Olivet post office, it’s time to say goodbye,” Thomas began. According to Thomas, he has lived in Mount Olivet his entire life. He graduated from Deming ….Well-known member. Nov 20, 2023. #24. ECAB rules that Rural Carriers are covered driving to work: "The Employee's Compensation Appeals Board has ruled that a rural carrier who was in a car accident on her way to work was in the performance of duty as she was driving the vehicle which she intended to use to deliver mail on the date of the .... Jun 1, 2021. #2. Run!!!!! fedex might not be a bad gApr 10, 2022. #6. Surprise! said: Seems after all that p flexible rural carrier has not been designated to serve the route, the route shall be assigned to qualified substitutes, rural carrier associates, or rural carrier relief employees assigned to that delivery unit in the order of the longest period of continuous service in the office. Qualified is defined for Subsection D.1. and 3. as having Sep 14, 2021. #3. There is a form PS 7020 that is used by the supervi mou e-11.67 in part. As a reminder, LLVs can be placed on, or removed from, vacant regular routes at anytime. A vehide action on a vacant route should be discussed with the carrier covering the route, but carrier agreement is not required. LLVs can be removed from encumbered regular routes only with the agreement of the assigned rural … Two-thirds of all rural letter carriers are on track to lose at l...
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