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Postal Service: Martin Luther King Jr.s Birthday 3rd Monday in January, Washingtons Birthday/Presidents Day 3rd Monday in February, Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November. The Postal Service participates in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Savings Plan (TSP), which is similar to 401(k) retirement savings plans Employees earn sick and annual leave in accordance with postal regulations found inSubchapter 510 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). 1005 (b). During this time he has written about and provided training on overtime and premium pay, on the principles of FLSA coverage and exemption, and on related Federal compensation issues. Or is overtime 1 1/2 times my base pay and then I add the night differential pay on to that? In summary: Sunday pay is only payable for work performed on a Sunday as part of your regularly scheduled non-overtime tour of duty (typically, this means within the basic 40-hour workweek). I am a NTFT who works in an RMPO. 0000011394 00000 n
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Some field managers refused to comply with the Article 8.6 language because of the language in the ELM that was no longer applicable to our new contract. For the first 3 years of service, Required fields are marked *. That will, of course, be a goal in the next round of negotiations as we seek to improve the pay and benefits for all PSEs. 0000007888 00000 n
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