Service standard rules will not change. However, since Saturday and Sunday will both be non-delivery days, mail that is street-addressed and was previously expected to be delivered Saturday, will be expected to be delivered one business day later, on Monday.
Mail brought to a Post Office counter or dropped in a collection box on Saturday will be processed Monday. Outgoing bulk mail brought to a BMEU on Saturday or Sunday will generally have a start-the-clock day of Monday. The start-the-clock day for bulk mail dropped at plants and delivery units will be the day the mail is entered.
As shown in Exhibit 2, the estimated FY 2009 impact of five-day delivery on fulltime equivalent positions saved would be 40,000, including supervisory positions. Most of these savings come from the city delivery category.
Employee category |
Number of full-time equivalent positions |
City carrier |
26,402 |
Rural carrier |
9,925 |
Motor vehicle services |
552 |
Mail processing labor |
1,500 |
Post Office operations |
688 |
Supervisor, plant and carrier |
941 |
Equipment maintenance, custodial at plants |
150 |
Total |
40,158 |
