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POSTAL BULLETIN 22200 (2-15-07)
Employees
ELM REVISION
Contests
Effective February 15, 2007, Employee and Labor Relations
Manual (ELM) 626.1, Acceptable (under Types of
Awards), is revised to remove from item 626.1e a sentence
with information explained more adequately in another section
of the ELM.
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)
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6 Employee Relations
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620 Contests
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626 Types of Awards
626.1 Acceptable
Acceptable awards are characterized as follows:
a. Only noncash items such as trophies, plaques, pins,
or gift certificates may be awarded.
b. The value of each award may vary from contest to
contest or be graduated within a contest with progressive
levels of competition.
c. To ensure maximum interest, prizes should be alternated
periodically, or a variety of prizes should be
made available for individual selection from a
catalog.
HANDBOOK EL-312 REVISION
New Veterans’ Recruitment Appointment Program
Effective February 15, 2007, Handbook EL-312,
Employment and Placement, is revised to implement the
new, noncompetitive Veterans’ Recruitment Appointment
(VRA) program based on the Office of Personnel Management’s
final rule published in the Federal Register and on
its Web site. The new program:
Replaces the VRA program found in section 233.36
in Handbook EL-312.
Obsoletes the memorandum, “Interim Instructions for
Veterans’ Recruitment Appointment,” Employee
Resource Management, February 5, 2004.
d. Prizes offered must be appropriate for both sexes.
[Revise the text of 626.1e as follows:]
e. The maximum value of a contest award cannot exceed
$500. (See ELM 470 for more information on
awards.)
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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version
of the ELM and into the next online update, available
on the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site:
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— Compensation,
Human Resources, 2-15-07
Adds a new section on considering VRA applicants
eligible for veterans’ preference before applicants
who do not have preference.
Updates Section 233.35, Noncompetitive Appointment
of Veteran With 30 Percent or More Disability,
that describes another noncompetitive source of
recruitment.
Expands the use of these discretionary programs to
the recruitment of applicants for casual and temporary
positions as reflected in new section 234.24.