Archive for the ‘Top Stories’ Category

Year 2

Posted by RARC host | Filed under OIG, Top Stories

Pushing the Envelope officially launched on October 14 last year. Since that time, the blog has posted more than 49 topics including this one and more than 1,700 comments. Some topics have been more popular than others, and those covering issues of interest to Postal Service employees have generally received the most attention. [...]

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Read more | Comments (6) | Oct 19, 2009

The OIG Wants to Know How You Feel about Sick Leave

Posted by Blog Editor | Filed under Human Capital, Top Stories

Career employees earn 4 hours of sick leave for a full pay period (80 hours), or at a rate of 5 percent. Some career employees are currently taking sick leave at approximately the same rate, liquidating their leave bank. The Postal Service’s sick leave absence rate (absenteeism) was 4.3 percent in 2008. [...]

Read more | Comments (124) | Apr 27, 2009

Preventing Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Posted by Blog Editor | Filed under Fraud, Human Capital, Top Stories

The Postal Service funds workers’ compensation benefits for employees who sustain job-related injuries. In FY 2008, the Postal Service incurred over $1.2 billion in workers’ compensation expenses. In addition, the Postal Service estimated its liability for future workers’ compensation costs at nearly $8 billion. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation [...]

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Read more | Comments (23) | Feb 23, 2009

Top 10 Postal Stories of 2008

Posted by strat75 | Filed under Top Stories

As we start a new year, those of us helping on the Office of Inspector General blog thought it would be fun to reflect on the past year and pick our top 10 list of postal stories from 2008. We would like to hear your views. Take a look at the list and tell us [...]

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Read more | Comments (4) | Jan 5, 2009