Effective March 31, 2024, the Postal Service™ will revise the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), sections 434.4, 434.5, and 434.6, to include salary and rate schedule provisions for holiday leave pay (434.4), holiday-worked pay (434.5), and out-of-schedule premium (434.6) for the Postal Service Human Resources Shared Service Center’s new collective bargaining group.
The Postal Service will also revise section 434.422 to include salary and rate schedule standards for annual leave in lieu of holiday leave pay for the Postal Service National Association of Letter Carriers.
Although the Postal Service will not publish these revisions in the ELM until March 31, 2024, the effective dates of these standards are specified in respective collective bargaining agreements.
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)
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4 Pay Administration
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430 Basic Pay and Special Provisions
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434 Overtime and Premium Pay
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434.4 Holiday Leave Pay
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434.42 Eligibility
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434.422 Eligibility for Annual Leave in Lieu of Holiday Leave Pay
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[Add the following entries in the chart after the current last entry (“Executive and Administrative Schedule*) to read as follows:]
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434.5 Holiday-Worked Pay
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434.52 Eligibility
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Exhibit 434.52
Holiday-Worked Pay Eligibility Table
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[Add the following entry alphabetically between entries “G – Nurses” and K – HQ Op. Services Div.” to read as follows:]
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434.6 Out-of-Schedule Premium
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434.62 Eligibility
434.621 Eligibility for Out-of-Schedule Premium
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Exhibit 434.621
Out-of-Schedule Premium Pay Eligibility Table
[Add the following entry alphabetically between entries “G – Nurses” and K – HQ Op. Services Div.” to read as follows:]
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the March 2024 edition of the online ELM, which is available on the PolicyNet website:
n Go to blue.usps.gov.
n In the left-hand column, click Essential Links, and then click PolicyNet.
n Go to the right-hand side under “Published Forms and Directives.”
n Click Manuals.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is blue.usps.gov/cpim.
— Compensation and Benefits,
Human Resources, 1-25-24
