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ELM Revision: Elimination of Ideas Program

Effective October 27, 2016, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) to eliminate subchapter 630, Ideas Program. Compensation is in the process of deploying a new collaborative employee idea application; additional information will be shared with employees in the near future.

Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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6 Employee Relations

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[Delete current 630 in its entirety and add new 630 to read as follows:]

630 Reserved

-- Reserved for future use --

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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.

— Pay and Performance Programs,
Human Resources, 10-27-16




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