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6 Employee Relations
610 Employee Services
Service programs help employees understand their jobs better and eliminate
many distractions caused by personal job-related problems. Employees are
encouraged to ask supervisors or officials for advice or assistance on
important matters even if unrelated to business. The vice president of
Employee Resource Management must approve employee services not listed
in this subchapter.
612 Information Media
612.1 Responsibility
Supervisors inform their employees on all official matters affecting them
through printed material or bulletin boards.
612.21 Official Directives
Major subject manuals are the basic source documents outlining Postal
Service operational policies. Postal Bulletins, management instructions,
handbooks, memorandums of policy, etc., instruct, explain, or detail the
implementation of a specific policy or regulation.
612.22 Unofficial Communications
Newsletters, memos, etc., are communications used for information only.
612.23 Bulletin Boards
612.231 Utility and Convenience
Bulletin boards serve as a means of providing to employees information of
interest, such as that required by law or regulation, official management
information, and items of general interest. Bulletin boards are to be placed in
sufficient numbers and in locations convenient to employees - at or near
employee entrances, lunchrooms, locker rooms, or elsewhere in the work
area. It is useful to separate board space into broad categories for different
types of material, such as:
a. Required by Law or Regulation. Required material that tends to be
permanent includes notices about:
(1) Local fire emergency plan.
(2) Occupational Safety and Health Act - OSHA Poster 2203 must
be prominently posted at each work location.
(3) Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP).
(4) Unemployment Compensation Protection for Federal Employees.
(5) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO).
b. Official Management Use. Items that should be dated and removed
when outdated include notices about:
(1) Job opportunities.
(2) Benefit plans.
(3) Events affecting working conditions.
(4) Changes in work schedules.
(5) Changes in wage rates.
c. General Interest. General interest material includes notices about:
(1) Lost and found items.
(2) Social and recreational events.
(3) Blood donor programs.
(4) Food price changes.
(5) Public transportation schedules.
(6) Meetings.
(7) Combined Federal Campaign.
(8) Parking regulations.
(9) Housing.
Only suitable material should be posted on bulletin boards. It is the
responsibility of the installation head to ensure the appropriate use of bulletin
boards. In addition to providing bulletin board space for management use, the
installation head must provide bulletin board space for union use consistent
with the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
612.24 Employee Lockers
Issue personnel PS Form 4943, Locker Record, to assign employee lockers.
Employees are required to sign the form to acknowledge that use of the
locker by other persons or exchanging lockers without authority of the issuing
office is prohibited. Upon separation or transfer, employees must return their
locker key to the appropriate facility official.
612.242 Maintenance and Inspection
Employee lockers are for official use only and must be kept clean and
presentable. The use of personal locks is not permitted. Employee lockers
are subject to inspection by authorized personnel. Provisions governing
locker inspections are provided in applicable collective bargaining
agreements.
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