The collective bargaining agreement with the APWU provides for Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) Duty Assignments of 30-48 hours a week in the Clerk and MVS Crafts. It also provides for Postal Support Employees (PSE) who may work more or less than 40 hours a week, as needed. Employees working in NTFT Duty Assignments of less than 40 hours a week are not guaranteed more hours per week than the PSE's working in the same facility. However, where employees working in NTFT duty assignments of less than 40 hours a week are regularly working less hours than the PSEs, and those work hours would otherwise be available to be performed by the career employees (same day or tour, etc.), the hours of the NTFT duty assignments should be appropriately adjusted to modify the hours and/or to achieve a more desirable work schedule. This adjustment should balance the workload according to operational need. It should also reduce any unnecessary impact to career employees.
Document Type: USPS Position Letter
Craft: Clerk