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NEXT GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
September 13, 2020 @ 12:00
pm at the
Teamsters 773 Union Hall,
3614 Lehigh St, Whitehall PA 18052 |
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MESSAGE ON PAYROLL TAX
DEFFERMENT
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President Trump has signed an Executive
Order that would temporarily suspend
payroll (Social Security & Medicare) tax
deductions. These tax withholdings
would stop beginning on September 04,
2020 and continue until the end of
2020. These taxes are not forgiven and
employees would have to pay the money
back beginning in January 2021.
Some American workers are choosing to
"opt out" of the deferrement and will
continue to pay the tax, thus avoiding
the increased payments in 2021. It has
not been determined if USPS employee
will have that option.
APWU Director of Industrial Relations
Vance Zimmerman reports that the USPS
official position is " The attorneys are
reviewing the order to determine if it
is applicable to the USPS ". Zimmerman
also notes that the USPS would have to
do a software modification to the
payroll system which would take numerous
weeks . Zimmerman believes that it is
very unlikely that the order by Trump
will be implemented.
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RETRO-ACTIVE PAY
QUESTIONS
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There have been a lot of questions about
the retro-active pay coming in your
September 4th paycheck.
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Did
I get all of my retro-active pay?
The answer is most likely
“yes”. Your adjustments can be
viewed on liteblue (ePayroll). Each
adjustment covers one pay period.
HOWEVER, there will be one
adjustment that covers 26 pay
periods (a 1.3% increase from
PP25/2018 through PP24/2019).
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What about the Cost of Living
Increase? The multi-pay
period adjustment also includes a
retro-active COLA of $624 that was
effective August 31, 2019.
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Why
did they withhold so much in taxes?
This is due to IRS
guidelines. When your pay increases
by a substantial amount, the IRS
assumes you got a permanent increase
and assess your taxes as if you were
going to get that much money all the
time. So, basically you are
overtaxed. You will get that money
back when you file your taxes next
year.
The APWU is
aware of approximately 2,000 employees
who did not receive their retro-active
pay. Most of these situations
involve employees in higher level
details , or employees with saved grade.
If anyone
has questions, we will review your
adjustments with you, but you will need
to bring in printouts from liteblue,
and your
paystubs cover PP25 2018 through PP08
2020.
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The APWU has announced two new
agreements affecting Annual Leave.
These, one time only,
MOUs increase the amount of Annual Leave
that can be carried into 2021 and also
the amount of leave that can be
exchanged, or "sold back", for cash.
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Program |
Old Limit |
New Limit for 2021 |
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A/L Carryover |
440 hrs |
520 hrs |
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A/L Exchange |
Up
to 40 hrs |
Up to 80 hrs |
click
HERE
to read the MOUs |
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WFMZ Channel 69:
Some USPS letter-sorting
machines being removed
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Story
by
Holly Harrar,
Reporter / WFMZ |
The
Lehigh Valley is just one of the places in
the country where letter-sorting machines
are being removed from United States Postal
Service facilities. A union
representative in the Valley says removing
the machines, along with other recent USPS
directives such as cutting overtime, will
slow down delivery times...
Click
image for story & video
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Lehigh Valley Clerk Vacancy
Notice: Manual Posting
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Use
link (right) to see jobs open for bid.
Take note of closing date!
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August 2020 eReassign
and PTF/PSE Canvassing
opportunities posted
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Use
links (right) to see offerings.
Take note of closing dates!
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Families First
Coronavirus Response Act
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The APWU and USPS have received
confirmation that the provisions of the
Families First Response Act does apply
to postal workers. The Act
provides additional paid leave for
eligibile employees meeting the required
criteria. Click the links below to
find out more information about the
FFRA.
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Coronavirus Information
Available on National Website
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The APWU
has created
a page on the National website with
current information about the ongoing
coronavirus situation. The page
contains Service Talks, recommendations
from the CDC, fact sheets, and other
information. The page will be
updated as more information is released.
See the National APWU Coronovirus page HERE
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