The American Postal Workers Union has announced an agreement with USPS to provide full-time employees who have 20 years of service and are over 50 – or have 25 years of service at any age – and who terminate their service through retirement, early retirement, or voluntary separation, a two-installment $15,000 incentive to leave the agency.
"Our goal was to achieve an incentive for members who are ready to end their postal careers, to ensure that no groups of employees are excluded, and to lessen the hardships of [shuffling the shifts and schedules] for those who remain," explained APWU president Cliff Guffey.
According to APWU, eligible part-time employees would receive a prorated amount. Most full-time employees will have a separation date of January 31, while part-time employees and those occupying non-traditional full time assignments of less than 40 hours a week will have a separation date of February 28. Accounting services positions of the IT/AS bargaining unit also would have a separation date of February 28. Just 60 offers may be taken in that unit but otherwise there is no limit to the number of offers available.
Full-time employees must indicate their intent to accept the incentive offer by December 3.
