Employees
ELM REVISION
Reporting Violations
Effective immediately, Employee and Labor Relations
Manual (ELM) 665.14, Reporting Violations, is revised to
reflect the requirement to report alleged violations of Postal
ServiceTM laws and employee misconduct, including theft of
mail, to the Office of Inspector General.
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)
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6 Employee Relations
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660 Conduct
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665 Postal Service Standards of Conduct
665.1 General Expectations
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665.14 Reporting Violations
[Revise 665.14 to read as follows:]
All allegations of violations of Postal Service laws or misconduct by Postal Service employees, including mail theft,
must be reported immediately to the Office of Inspector
General.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the ELM and also into the online update, available
on the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site:
• Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
• Under "Essential Links" in the left-hand column, click
on References.
• Under "References" in the right-hand column, under
"Policies," click on PolicyNet.
• Click on Manuals.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web
site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
It is also available on the Postal Service Internet:
• Go to www.usps.com.
• Click on About USPS & News, then Forms & Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, and
then Manuals.
Until the change described in the article is incorporated
into the online version of the ELM, use this article to implement the change.
— General Counsel,
Office of Inspector General, 11-23-06
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