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January 16, 2019
FMCSA Revises its Regulations on Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster In...
January 1, 2018
The Postal Service & the DOT Physical
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors On F...
September 14, 2025
Progress Made In Drug and Alcohol Testing
After a long and arduous struggle, the USPS has published “Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees With a Commercial Driver’s License,” a revised versio...
September 14, 2025
Progress Made In Drug and Alcohol Testing
After a long and arduous struggle, the USPS has published “Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees With a Commercial Driver’s License,” a revised versio...
September 14, 2025
USPS Publishes New Drug And Alcohol Testing Policy
In July, the Postal Service finally published a new Drug and Alcohol Testing policy that requires management to offer a Last Chance Agreement to emplo...
September 14, 2025
DOT Tractor-Trailer Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
USPS employees who operate tractor-trailers and 7-ton and 9-ton trucks, as well as mechanics who repair them, fall under the jurisdiction of the Depar...
September 14, 2025
Drug and Alcohol Testing – USPS
In a Step 4 settlement dated July 19, 2006, the APWU and USPS agreed that the Postal Service will not require employees to participate in DOT drug-and...
September 14, 2025
Management Publishes New Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
The Postal Service has finally published a new Drug and Alcohol Testing policy, Management Instruction PO-720-2010-1 [PDF], which became effective Dec...
September 14, 2025
Employee I.D. Numbers, Not Social Security Numbers, Should be Used on Drug-and-Alcohol Testing Forms
Employee Identification Numbers (EINs) — not Social Security numbers — should be used on postal forms whenever possible, in accordance with a Memorand...