Guidelines for Acts of God – Community disasters such as fires, floods, or storms
An Act of God involves community disasters such as fires, floods, or storms. The disaster situations must be general in nature rather than personal in scope and impact, and must prevent groups of employees from working or reporting to work. Ref: ELM 519.211, F-21 582.31.
Who has the authority...
ALERT: SAC Conference Update
Due to extreme weather conditions forecast across the majority of states within the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), the NRLCA is heeding urgent advisories issued by the National Weather Service for Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. This decision is further guided by the North Carolina Governor’s emergency declaration, which...
2025 Tax Information: Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement; Form 1099
If an employee has earnings from more than one state or locality, a separate Form W-2 will be issued for each.
Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for 2025 will be mailed to all employees except those employees who, through the PostalEASE “W-2” module, elected not to receive mailed copies of Forms W-2 in...
The OIG’s Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service’s Delivering for America Plan, Volume 3
The Delivering For America: Our Vision and Ten-Year Plan to Achieve Financial Sustainability and Service Excellence (DFA plan), released in March 2021, outlines the U.S. Postal Service’s 10-year strategy to transform into a high-performing, financially sustainable organization. With the release of Delivering For America 2.0: Fulfilling the Promise in September 2024, the Postal...
This rural carrier found a customer in distress after noticing his dog was running loose
Rural Carrier Linda Blackmon was delivering mail to the home of an older couple in Tennessee Colony, TX, recently when she spotted their small dog in the front yard.
Knowing this was unusual, she pulled into the driveway.
After she got out of her vehicle, Blackmon heard a faint yell for...
Johnson gives postmaster general until July before requesting resignation
Rep. Dusty Johnson told a crowd it’s time to “turn up the heat” on the U.S. Postal Service following thousands of constituent complaints.
He held a U.S. Postal Service Round Table in Sioux Falls to continue discussions around the growing frustrations with the mail carrier. The round table included frustrated...
Postal regulator limits USPS to once-a-year price hikes for mail through 2030
The Postal Service’s regulator is setting limits on how often the agency can set higher prices for its monopoly mail products.
The Postal Regulatory Commission ruled on Tuesday that the USPS, starting in March, can only raise mail prices once a year. This limit will remain in place through Sept. 30, 2030.
The commission eased...
