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All Post Offices With Rural Delivery Service: Rural Carrier Guarantee Period

Postal Service™ managers must effectively manage rural carriers who work under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 7(b)(2). Those carriers are paid overtime for all hours actually worked in excess of 2,080, up to 2,240, within the 52-consecutive-week guar­antee period.

If a carrier works more than 2,240 hours within the guar­antee period, the agreement under FLSA, section 7(b)(2), is considered void, and the carrier must be compensated for all hours worked during the guarantee period in accor­dance with FLSA, section 7(a).

Local management must track and validate regular car­rier work hours throughout the guarantee year to avoid and/or minimize the number of carriers exceeding 2,080 or 2240 actual work hours.

The current 2009–2010 guarantee period in effect for the past year began Saturday, October 24, 2009, and goes through Friday, October 22, 2010. The new 2010–2011 guarantee period will begin on Saturday, October 23, 2010 and continue through Friday, October 21, 2011.