The U.S. Postal
Service which employs over 800,000 employees all over the country is
comprised of Corporate headquarters, located in Washington, DC,
Headquarters Field Units, and 10 area offices that have eighty-five
districts.
Positions
Individuals
are employed as craft/bargaining unit employees and non-bargaining
unit employees. Such craft/bargaining employes are clerks, carriers,
mail processors, mail handlers, mark-up clerks, and flat-sorting
machine operators. Non-bargaining unit employees may include computer
programmers, nurses, accountants, and information specialists.
There
are four types of positions in the U.S. Postal Service. That is,
employes or workers are known as follows:- Full-Time Regular:
- Part-Time Flexible
- Part-Time Regular
- Casual
Full-Time
Regulars are permanent employees who are guaranteed 40 hours
a-week work. They have holidays’ pay (even without working), and
they are given full benefits as full-time federal employees. They are
sometimes called “permanent” employees.
Part-Time
Flexibles are career-appointed employees. However, they are
not guaranteed 40 hours a week; that is, they can work only for 30 to
40 hours a week depending on where they work. They are, however,
employees who receive full benefits. In other works, after working
for four hours, they can be sent home if there’s no more work to be
done. All postal workers start as flexibles; that is, their time is
flexible. They may be assigned from one shift to another as the need
arises. They usually work overtime during the Christmas season.
Part-Time
Regulars. They may be considered as “regular”
part-timers. They are similar in some ways to “flexible”
employees, but they are work on a set schedule.
Casuals.
They are temporary employees who work mostly during the Christmas
season, which may last only for a few weeks. Their pay is less than
the other Postal Workers’. Like the Part-Time Regulars and the
Part-Time Flexibles, they are paid per hour.
Salaries
The
Postal salary system consists of several pay schedules. They are the
Postal Service (PS) for bargaining-unit employees and the Executive
and Administrative Schedule (EAS) for non-bargaining-unit employees.
The pay period for employees begins on Saturday and covers a two-week
period ending on Friday. Postal employees are paid every two weeks
following the end of the pay period.
Benefits
The
U.S. Postal Service offers excellent benefits. Such benefits include
life and health insurance, retirement plan, savings and investment
plan with employer contribution, and annual and sick leaves