ELM Revision: Postmaster Relief Conversions to Career

Effective December 24, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), section 363.1, to modify existing policy requiring a Postmaster Relief (PMR) to be separated before a conversion to a career appointment. There is no longer a need to break service in this manner, and we have removed the relevant text from the ELM.

Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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3 Employment and Placement

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360 Other Personnel Actions

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363 Conversions

363.1 Definition

[Revise the text of 363.1 to read as follows:]

Conversion refers to the process of changing a noncareer employee’s status to a career appointment in one personnel action. The selected noncareer employee should not be separated and then given a career appointment unless the employee’s appointment expires before the employee can be converted to career status.

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We will incorporate this revision into the next online update of the ELM, which is available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:

n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.

n In the left-hand column under “Essential Links”, click PolicyNet.

n Click Manuals.

The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.

— Human Resources (HQ),
Employee Resource Management, 12-24-15