LiteBlue Trims Again
hey are again offering 3,000 postmasters the opportunity to retire early, this time with an financial incentive of $10,000. Post Offices are cutting back on hours across the country thereby needing fewer workers to cover the one-time around the clock effort.
Behind the Blue – Is Early Retirement Right For You?
The law provides that RIF guidelines consider tenure and type of employment, length of service, veterans’ preference and performance rating when releasing employees.
The Congress and ADA
It is noted that the definition of “disability” was too narrowly focused to benefit the disabled. The Amendments Act helped to achieve the goal of providing protection to the disabled by explicitly rejecting the holdings in a number of Supreme Court decisions that overwhelmingly limited the definition of disability.
Schedule ‘A’ – What is a Reasonable Accommodation
Reasonable accommodations may include making existing facilities easily accessible by individuals with a disability, modifying work schedules, refashioning a job, modifying examinations, training or similar programs. Agencies are not required to lower standards as an accommodation to the disabled but must make ‘Reasonable Accomodations’ to provide a Schedule “A” appointee with access and ability to perform the work their job requires.
The ADA and Barriers To Employment
Before the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), many Americans were denied access not only to employment, but transportation, public accommodations, public services and telecommunication.
Where Are My Medical Files
Medical confidentiality is afforded to applicants and employees whether they are still applicants or not and whether an employee is an employee or not. Protecting confidentiality does not simply go away if you are no longer an applicant or an employee.
Requiring a Medical Examination For Employment
Many potential applicants get very unnerved over the thought of having to take a physical or medical examination to gain employment. A medical examination is defined as a procedure or a test to determine fitness for duty or an individual’s physical or mental status.
Self-Identifying Disabilities
Employers may invite applicants to voluntarily self-identify for the purpose of their affirmative action program. Employers asking employees to voluntarily self-identify do so because federal, state, or local law including veterans’ preference laws require affirmative action for persons who would otherwise qualify as Schedule A appointees.
Schedule “A” Not Always At The Front Of The Class
Getting organizations to use the hiring authority under Schedule A is not always as simple as that. Although organizations are given special hiring authority to increase hiring of Schedule “A” appointees, efforts still fall short of expectations.
