This USPS Step 4 Denial outlines Management's position on whether the Postal Service violated the National Agreement by discontinuing a practice of allowing retiring employees the day off with pay on their last scheduled day of work. It was the Postal Service position that recording a retiring employee's last day as time worked, while allowing the retiree to not report for duty constitutes falsification of a report which is prohibited by Part 666, USPS Standards of Conduct, of the Employee & Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Additionally, granting retirees administrative leave on their last day of employment is an expansion of ELM, part 510, and is contrary to Article 10.2 Leave Regulations of the National Agreement. That contract provision requires that "The leave regulations in Subchapter 510 of the ELM shall remain in effect for the life of the Agreement." Furthermore, it was their position that the previous practice at the Minot Post Office could not change the requirements of the National Agreement or the regulations discussed above. The practice of recording work hours on a day when no work was performed was not known or agreed to by management and the APWU at the national level, nor would such agreement make the practice of falsification permissible. Accordingly, this grievance was denied.
Document Type: Step 4 Agreement
APWU National Grievance Number: H4C4SC38132
Craft: Clerk