UPMA Chapter Presidents, UPMA National Executive Board

Re: Special Exemption- to deliver mail                                                                7/24/2024

HRSSC has cut PS-Form 50s effective 12/31/2022, making all Exempt Postmasters 18-22 and all Exempt
Exempt Station Managers Special-Exempt with a reason code allowing them to be eligible for “additional
pay when delivering mail.”

After a long struggle by UPMA, a temporary modification to Postal pay policy will allow select exempt
non-bargaining employees to be eligible for additional pay when those employees are needed to deliver
mail due to staffing shortages. Based on a UPMA request and conversations at the St. Louis UPMA
National Convention, the Service has decided to temporarily modify policy and allow employees
permanently assigned to the following positions to be eligible for additional pay at the straight-time rate
if authorized to deliver mail.

The policy will provide extra compensation for the time a Manager or Postmaster delivers mail, provided
the total work hours are more than 8.5 on a scheduled day or any hours on a non-scheduled day. This
temporary pay policy is applicable only in those circumstances. Management must meet all contractual
requirements before authorizing non-bargaining employees to deliver mail.

This temporary policy commenced on December 31, 2022, and is now set to end on October 18, 2024.
UPMA is hopeful this will continue to stay in place until such time as the staffing shortage is rectified.
UPMA appreciates this change and looks forward to further discussions with The Service on this and
other issues facing our members. This is another example of what can get done when we work together.
Please share this with your Area/District Managers as you need to; no further announcement will come
from the Service.

Together We Can

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: from Dave Cook