Award on USPS Use of Casuals in Lieu of Career Employees

An award by Arbitrator Shyam Das sustaining the APWU’s grievance over the Postal Service’s improper use of casuals in lieu of career employees. (AIRS #36175 – USPS #Q98C-4Q-C 00100499: 8/29/01). The arbitrator ruled that the Postal Service may only employ (hire) casual employees to be utilized as a limited term supplemental work force and not in lieu of (instead of, in place of, or in substitution of) career employees.