This USPS Step 4 Denial outlines Management's position on whether management may properly hold a clerk accountable for the requirements of a residual vacancy assigned under the provisions of Article 37, Section 3.F.10, when the clerk subsequently becomes a senior bidder on another assignment and enters a deferment period. The facts in this case indicate that the grievants were assigned to residual vacancies and placed into training. Subsequently, they bid and became senior bidders on other duty assignments. The deferment periods for these second duty assignments extended beyond the date that their first assignment training requirements were to be completed. The union contended that the grievants should be relieved of the training and qualification requirements of the assigned residual vacancies, and the grievants should be given the entire deferment period for their new positions. It was the position of the Postal Service that the grievants must qualify on the residual vacancies assigned within the allotted training time, or they may qualify on their second duty assignment and become successful bidders within the time allotted for their residual vacancy. If they qualify on the residual vacancy, they would still have the remainder of their deferment period to qualify on the voluntary bid.
Document Type: USPS Position Letter
APWU National Grievance Number: H1C3WC14763
Craft: Clerk