PO-603's Section 152.32 -- Deviation. Any deviation from the authorized line of travel, including lunch, MUST be approved in advance by your postmaster or supervisor. The segments MUST be taken at approximately the same time and be of the same duration daily to avoid extreme schedule variations.Reactions: clown car carrier and Beffannie. Upvote 0 Downvote. 9. 9^2=81 Active member. Mar 14, 2024 #3 I could have swore I received my results a week later during the last count.. Upvote 0 Downvote. Oi veh. Administrator. Staff member. Mar 14, 2024 #4 they have until tomorrow COB to input data from MMS.Rural Carrier News. 2023 Rural Carrier Year in Review. Thread starter Ruralinfo; Start date Dec 29, 2023; Ruralinfo Administrator. Staff member. Dec 29, 2023 #1 We just finished our Rural carrier year in review page. Give it a look and a share please Source . Reactions: Oi veh. ...I could have told the PO that one. This "issue" was resolved in 1969. That's over 50 years ago. Also, the carrier does not need permission for a specific or particular vehicle. The criteria is that a vehicle is REQUIRED to be supplied / provided by the carrier. Then, to LITERALLY add insult to injury , they attempt to deny this carrier's claim.Apparently, they make more than regulars. Rural Carrier Associate average salary by State. StateAvg. salaryHourly rate. California California$72,615 $72,615$34.91 $34.91. Colorado Colorado$76,067 $76,067$36.57 $36.57. Connecticut Connecticut$89,364 $89,364$42.96 $42.96. Delaware Delaware$88,475 $88,475$42.54 $42.54.This is unacceptable. Rural carriers expect and deserve timely compensation for work performed. Additional information will be posted on the NRLCA website (www.nrlca.org) once verified. Source. ... -- Talk about bad timing! Reply. Reactions: clown car carrier, Shannonboy, Oi veh. and 1 other person. B. btdtret Well-known member. Nov 21, 2023Feb 3, 2018. #6. special1303 -- Everyone involved should get a LOW!! -- The carrier who works off the clock for 15 minutes. -- The carrier who comes in 7 minutes late. -- Manglement for letting carriers come in early and late. -- If everyone is signing the 4240, then everyone is falsifying an official document.Staff member. Jan 31, 2024. #1. The delegates at the 2018 National Convention passed a binding resolution stating, "That a week during the year be designated as Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.". The NRLCA National Board has designated the first full week in February (February 3-9, 2024) as "Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.".Updated Rural Carrier Salary Charts Released. 04/11/2022. Subscribe. The salary schedules below reflect a retroactive $1,935 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective August 28, 2021, a retroactive 1.3% General Wage Increase (GWI) effective November 20, 2021, and a $1,311 COLA effective February 26, 2022.to increase to 53:00 to 55:00 standard. hours through normal growth and maintain. such evaluation for the duration the rural car-. rier is assigned that route and that relief day. The Employer will adjust these routes down. to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours when. adjustments are necessary. However, adjust-. ments may be made below 53:00 to 55:00.PS Form 4015-D, Rural Carrier Agreement to Terminate Guarantee, is your option to sign if you become regular in the middle of a guarantee period. In the image below, the portion highlighted green is what happens if you sign and the portion highlighted yellow is what happens if you decline to sign. In a nutshell, If you choose to sign it, you're ...In today’s digital age, access to reliable and fast internet is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Unfortunately, many rural areas still struggle with limited connectivity options...If rural carriers are required to wait to gain access to the keypad, the actual waiting time will also be included in Miscellaneous Time. For Amazon Parcel Lockers, each item delivered will be credited as a parcel delivered to a parcel locker. The time allowance for locking/unlocking the normal parcel locker covers the scanning of the parcel to ...Mini Mail Counts: It is unfair and inaccurate to base a year's worth of pay for rural carriers solely on a two-week average of random letters and flats, PARS labels, and DPS errors and mail markups. The RRECS system is intended to accurately evaluate the workload of rural carriers by considering all work activities performed over a 52-week period.n PS Form 1314, Regular Rural Carrier Time Certificate, and. n PS Form 1314-A, Auxiliary Rural Carrier Time Certificate. Table of Exhibits. Exhibit 1 — Regular Carrier Works in Excess of Route’s Evaluation. Exhibit 2 — Regular Carrier Not on Relief Day Work List Works Relief Day (Week 2) and Does Not Receive an X Day in the Same …Rural Mail Talk. New posts PO 603. Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities Transmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 ... Ruralinfo; 0.00 star(s) Updated: Dec 16, 2022; View all featured resources. Rural Carrier News. Threads 291 Messages 3.2K. Threads 291 Messages 3.2K. V. United States Postal Service and National Rural Letter Carriers ...Aug 28, 2020. #15. Cliff Clavin -- " Are Regular carriers entitled to "Wait Time" for waiting for Clerks to finish throwing the mail or perhaps the truck is late getting to your office? -- Tread carefully as noted above, manglement can push your start time back ( but never seem to push the "depart for the streets, return to office, or leave for ...Why silence people's opinions or valuable information simply because they are not rural carriers? In fact I would implore more management to visit this forum. Maybe they can learn a thing or two to improve the work conditions for their carriers. Reply. Reactions: MildlyInfuriated, Old Fart, RDruckus and 6 others.Evaluated Carriers (Routes 35 Hours or More) (1) For all hours of required service in excess of the evaluated hours of the route, evaluated carriers shall be paid additional compensation at the appropriate rate for their step, in accordance with Article 8.3., for those hours within the 40-hour work week and at the FLSA overtime rate for those ...Staff member. Oct 25, 2023. #1. **NOTE: RCBP members in Self Plus One are highly recommended to change to Family enrollment for lower premiums.**. Click here to view the 2024 Rural Carrier Benefit Plan Brochure and here for the 2024 Summary of Benefits and Coverage. Source.American's premium-heavy Airbus A321T has largely been grounded during the pandemic. Brian Znotins, AA's vice president of network planning, breaks down the move and talks about wh...Dec 4, 2021. #9. So this morning my steward told me that yes, any time worked over 56 hours a week negates all 2nd trip time for the week. However, I get paid 1.5x for all hours worked over 56. I had 62 hours for the week. I forgot to ask her. I get my eval time, 45 hours and OT for 56 - 62 hours.Rural mail carriers worried about dramatic pay cuts; USPS rural carriers frustrated with new pay system leading to pay cuts on most routes; RRECS articles in the news today; Rep. Stansbury Grills Postmaster DeJoy on Rural Mail Carrier Pay and Services; Rural Mail Carriers Face Pay Cuts That Could Worsen Service Woes for Vermonters5.2% over 3 years for rural carriers ! Reactions: Oi veh., Dumbassclerksyndrome and Voglio-il mio. W. Worve Well-known member. Dec 23, 2023 #3 hockey94 said: 3.2% over 3 years for rural carriers ! Click to expand... fixed it to be reality . Reactions: MildlyInfuriated, RDruckus, hockey94 and 1 other person. C. csparksOct 1, 2018. #5. Sandygirl -- Y W. "I have been reading a lot about why an RCA would MAYBE choose not to take a Regular Carrier position IF it is offered, very interesting positions." -- Both Regular Carrier and PTF are career positions. Neither will be "offered". Both require bidding.Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) - United States Postal Service - Fairview, OR 05/17/2024; RURAL CARRIER (Career Job) - United States Postal Service - Milton, NH 05/16/2024; City Carrier Assistant - United States Postal Service - Saint Joseph, MO 05/16/2024; Rural Carrier Associate - United States Postal Service - Greenville, WI 05 ...518.2 Holidays on Nonscheduled Workdays. 518.21 Saturday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as the holiday. 518.22 Sunday. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the holiday. 518.23 Nonscheduled Workday.On April 8, 2023, the Postal Service will implement RECS, a new compensation system that will establish the compensation for all approximately 126,627 rural letter carriers in the bargaining unit. Under the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS), every rural route will receive an "evaluation" that reflects the time it …It takes a special breed to be a rural mail carrier. Most people think all we do is drive around in the country for a few hours sticking envelopes in mail boxes; taking 2-hour breaks and collecting a big government paycheck. All I say to those people is “ try it for a week or even 2 days ” and you will see for yourself what a demanding and ...Rural Carriers @ Delphi. Rural carrier news of solidarity and union support sharing information about our rural craft to educate rural carriers across America. Please participate in any of the discussions listed on the left or your own new discussion. This message board will allow you to help keep in touch with contacts, exchange ideas, post ...Rt2mailman said: Regular rural carriers are only allowed to take leave in full days. Jury duty is a type of leave and only allowed in full days. There are many step 4's saying if released before our evaluation is up, we must report back to PO and they should find something for us to do. Court leave is much different than other types of leave.Well-known member. Nov 13, 2021. #2. Darkness itself is not a hazard. Poorly lighted streets, blind sections of road, traversing walkways and steps in darkness are hazardous. It's the physical actions you must take in the darkness which create the hazard.INEEDANSWERS -- " Today are supervisors told all rural carriers that D.p.s. must be carried on the side. I thought this could only be done on a route by route basis. -- You are correct. -- The "Galligan" Letter 9 aka Step 4 ( C-14 )) states in part: - The carrier may be required to take DPS directly to the street IF it is anticipated that they ...A rural carrier associate delivers mail on behalf of the United States Postal Service. They work variable hours, filling in for full-time rural carrier associates who are absent. As such, the rural carrier associate can expect to work multiple mail routes. Employers also expect rural carrier associates to be available on very short notice.Due to personal reasons I left the Postal Service in 2013. I had 10 years in, about 8 1/2 ad a career/regular carrier. I have rejoined the USPS as of February 2021 as an RCA. My question(s) is/are: ... The rural carrier position was THE job to have -- back before 2000.-- To add to your confusion, check out Article 7 of the contract ( also ...Special Contract Edition 2022 17. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGBETWEEN THE. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEAND THE. NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION. The parties have agreed to an interim process for implementation of the revised rural route standardallowances under the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS).NEW: Update on Retro Pay Adjustment. 09/27/2022. As you know, the Postal Service (USPS) and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) ratified and signed a new collective bargaining agreement on March 23, 2022, approximately 6 months ago. The new ratified agreement covers the period May 21, 2021 through May 20, 2024, …13 Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities 2 Handbook PO-603 f. Completing PS Form 4240, Rural Carrier Trip Report, daily to accurately reflect actual hours and minutes worked each day (see Exhibit 12f). Any deviation from the official route mileage, and/or the reasons for any delay, must be explained under the Remarks section of the form. g.NRLCA releases full 2021-2024 National Contract. The Special Contract Edition of the National Rural Letter Carrier magazine containing the 2021-2024 National Agreement is now available for viewing and downloading. It will also be mailed to all active bargaining unit members.Knowledgebase. Subscribe. CONTRACT AND MORETOP DOCUMENTSSALARY AND EMA. 2021 - 2024 National Contract. Handbook PO-603 - Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. ELM 53 - Employee and Labor Relations Manual. Order of Consideration. Table of Evaluated Hours for Rural Routes. Leave Replacement Matrix Guidelines.It takes a special breed to be a rural mail carrier. Most people think all we do is drive around in the country for a few hours sticking envelopes in mail boxes; taking 2-hour breaks and collecting a big government paycheck. All I say to those people is “ try it for a week or even 2 days ” and you will see for yourself what a demanding and ...Learn about the policies and practices for rural delivery, such as centralized delivery, vehicle requirements, and carrier associates.Jan 22, 2024. #1. A rural mail carrier has been life flighted to a regional trauma center after being mauled by dogs Friday evening January 19, 2024. Bulloch County 911 operators, at 6:49 pm, dispatched Bulloch County EMS, Bulloch County Sheriff's Deputies and Bulloch County Animal Control to a lady being attacked by dogs.Article 31.1.P employer may require a ptf to work prior to selecting employees from the (Sunday volunteer and non volunteer) list. Correction to Article number: Article 30.2.P Sunday Work. An office-wide list will be established for substitutes, rural carrier associates, and rural carrier relief employees who desire to work on Sunday.Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU regarding two temporary modifications to the USPS-NRLCA National Agreement. Beginning Saturday, March 9, 2024 and continuing through Friday, August 23, 2024, regular...Staff member. Dec 28, 2023. #1. 2024 Pay Dates and Leave Year The following chart lists the 2024 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full pay period in the ...Rural carriers may case DPS mail for the route provided they can meet the overall evaluation of the route on a consistent basis and that a late departure for the street is not so significant as to cause delays in the customer's anticipated delivery window. The carrier may be required to take DPS directly to the street if it is anticipated that ...Dec 13, 2023. The head of the union representing rural mail carriers nationwide says the number of unfilled positions at the U.S. Postal Service is at an all-time high and low wages are the main ...Mar 7, 2021. #2. Expecting Rural Carriers to complete routes in the same amount of time as before Amazon and mail order shipping exploded. "Safety depends on me" is passing all the responsibility from management to the Carrier. Not only safety, but requiring carriers to handle and deliver more parcels under old evaluated times.There is nothing that enables a rural carrier to "wait" without receiving pay on a green card, if you are an RCA, or form 8127 if regular. If you are waiting because you are early for a blue pick-up box, the schedule on that box is wrong. If it is for a mailing from a business, the business's schedule is wrong, or your start time is too early.Well-known member. Jan 20, 2023. #1. The numbers are in except for 6 %. I've heard management complaining about routes in other offices being overpaid now due to non amazon. Only complain about those underpaid, never heard about our office which gets 3 X mailcount numbers everyday. I mentioned RRECS will add between 10 and 15 hours on routes in ...Evaluated Carriers (Routes 35 Hours or More) (1) For all hours of required service in excess of the evaluated hours of the route, evaluated carriers shall be paid additional compensation at the appropriate rate for their step, in accordance with Article 8.3., for those hours within the 40-hour work week and at the FLSA overtime rate for those ...Well-known member. Jun 12, 2022. #1. RMSS in our offices shows that only about 60% of the required scans are being done. We've had stand-ups, training, reinforcement, everything possible to get the carriers to perform these six basic requirements. Carriers INSIST they're performing the scans.2080 hours in a year would be for 40 hours of work done for 52 weeks (1 year). If your route is 5 hours a week bigger than that, you would be (+260) at 2340 hours (9 hours/day) for the year with out any holidays or leave taken. We get 10 holidays/year and (at least) 13 days of AL. 9 x 23 days = 207 hours. 2340-207=2133 hours/year worked if you ...Rural Carrier News. 2023 Rural Carrier Year in Review. Thread starter Ruralinfo; Start date Dec 29, 2023; Ruralinfo Administrator. Staff member. Dec 29, 2023 #1 We just finished our Rural carrier year in review page. Give it a look and a share please Source . Reactions: Oi veh. ...The probationary period for a rural carrier associate shall be 90 days actually worked or one calendar year, whichever comes first. All other applicable provisions of Article 12.1 shall apply. If anybody can confirm is this is valid or not for RCAs being able to get promoted without waiting a year, please let me know.I could have told the PO that one. This "issue" was resolved in 1969. That's over 50 years ago. Also, the carrier does not need permission for a specific or particular vehicle. The criteria is that a vehicle is REQUIRED to be supplied / provided by the carrier. Then, to LITERALLY add insult to injury , they attempt to deny this carrier's claim.13 Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities 2 Handbook PO-603 f. Completing PS Form 4240, Rural Carrier Trip Report, daily to accurately reflect actual hours and minutes worked each day (see Exhibit 12f). Any deviation from the official route mileage, and/or the reasons for any delay, must be explained under the Remarks section of the form. g.A regular rural carrier whose regular scheduled work day falls on a holiday will not be required to work and will be paid at the daily rate for that day. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the holiday. B. When a holiday falls on the relief day of an evaluated carrier, the carrier shall be granted the ...Vehicles assigned to rural routes MAY be used for other duties, as long as that usage DOES NOT INTERFERE with the rural carrier's completion of the ASSIGNED ROUTE. ( as far as manglement is concerned, once you have competed your AUX route, the USPS's LLV is available for other work ). Moving on: This usage should be on an exception or emergency ...-- The USPS has offered recent retirees ( but not rural carriers ) work during the Christmas season, promising it would not affect their retired pay, but for possible long-term employment as an RCA, complications will no doubt set in with retirement pay. L. larrob37 New member.Feb 11, 2017. #3. Short answer, no. Changes in the matrix can be made if there is a change in the office, as far as if a regular retired, an RCA resigned, or some type of vacancy of a route. If after 30 days no RCA chooses a different primary, secondary, or third choice on the matrix, without bumping any other RCA, the matrix is set again until .... Well-known member. Mar 16, 2017. #2. dannkim18 -- "Aug 1, 2019. #4. Bid all routes available when bidding. The 4/2/99 LMU speaks to an RCA volunteering to work at a different office. It says nothing about mgmt other than maki certain the sub won't be needed in their current office. There is also a Step 4 out of Desoto, Tx dated 3/24/16 about mgmt's requirement to pay mileage when a carrier is required to travel.Aug 28, 2020. #15. Cliff Clavin -- " Are Regular carriers entitled to "Wait Time" for waiting for Clerks to finish throwing the mail or perhaps the truck is late getting to your office? -- Tread carefully as noted above, manglement can push your start time back ( but never seem to push the "depart for the streets, return to office, or leave for ... The "guidelines for route adjustment are just that, g Find Postal Jobs (PSE) SALES & SVCS/DISTRIBUTION ASSOC - GREENLEAF WI -$20.48/HR APPLY @ USPS.COM/CAREERS - United States Postal Service - Greenleaf, WI 05/02/2024; RURAL CARRIER -Career Job w/Benefits - LIHUE HI - United States Postal Service - Lihue, HI 05/02/2024; Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) 05/05/2024 - United States Postal Service - Washburn, WI 05/02/2024Beginning Saturday, September 2, 2023 and continuing through March 8, 2024, regular rural carriers may volunteer to work on Sunday to deliver packages and may also volunteer to provide service on rural routes other than their assigned routes in the office. Regular rural carriers will be compensated at the overtime rate for hours worked … In that case then most likely yes. As long as ALL...
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