39 U.S.C. § 1001 — Appointment and status
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-375 to r/title-39-POSTAL-SERVICE · 404 words · no verdicts yet
The Postal Service appoints its officers and employees and has specified management and emergency powers.
(a) Unless this title provides otherwise, the Postal Service appoints all its officers and employees. (b) Except for people appointed under sections 202, 204, and 1001(c), its officers and employees are in the postal career service, part of the civil service. The Postal Service sets appointment and promotion procedures and must provide meaningful promotion and career-development opportunities and full employment-rights protection, including a fair hearing on adverse actions with representatives chosen by the employee. (c) It may hire executives under contracts of up to five years, but may remove them at any time without harming their contract rights. (d) Despite the listed title 5 provisions or other law, a United States Government officer or employee may simultaneously serve and be paid as a Postal Service officer or employee, other than as a Board or Postal Regulatory Commission member, and as an officer or employee of another Federal department, agency, or establishment. (e) Consistent with section 1003, chapter 12, and applicable laws, regulations, and collective-bargaining agreements, the Postal Service may: (1) direct employees in official duties; (2) hire, promote, transfer, assign, retain, suspend, demote, discharge, or otherwise discipline them; (3) relieve them from duties for lack of work or another legitimate reason; (4) maintain operating efficiency; (5) decide the methods, means, and personnel for its operations; (6) require letter carriers and other designated employees to wear a uniform; and (7) take necessary emergency actions to carry out its mission.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Postal Service shall appoint all officers and employees of the Postal Service.
Officers and employees of the Postal Service (other than those individuals appointed under sections 202, 204, and 1001(c) of this title) shall be in the postal career service, which shall be a part of the civil service. Such appointments and promotions shall be in accordance with the procedures established by the Postal Service. The Postal Service shall establish procedures, in accordance with this title, to assure its officers and employees meaningful opportunities for promotion and career development and to assure its officers and employees full protection of their employment rights by guaranteeing them an opportunity for a fair hearing on adverse actions, with representatives of their own choosing.
The Postal Service may hire individuals as executives under employment contracts for periods not in excess of 5 years. Notwithstanding any such contract, the Postal Service may at its discretion and at any time remove any such individual without prejudice to his contract rights.
Notwithstanding section 5533, 5535, or 5536 of title 5, or any other provision of law, any officer or employee of the Government of the United States is eligible to serve and receive pay concurrently as an officer or employee of the Postal Service (other than as a member of the Board or of the Postal Regulatory Commission) and as an officer or employee of any other department, agency, or establishment of the Government of the United States.
The Postal Service shall have the right, consistent with section 1003 and chapter 12 of this title and applicable laws, regulations, and collective-bargaining agreements—
to direct officers and employees of the Postal Service in the performance of official duties;
to hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain officers and employees in positions within the Postal Service, and to suspend, demote, discharge, or take other disciplinary action against such officers and employees;
to relieve officers and employees from duties because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons;
to maintain the efficiency of the operations entrusted to it;
to determine the methods, means, and personnel by which such operations are to be conducted;
to prescribe a uniform dress to be worn by letter carriers and other designated employees; and
to take whatever actions may be necessary to carry out its mission in emergency situations.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 728; Pub. L. 109–435, title VI, § 604(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3241.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 728
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-435 · 120 Stat. 3241
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-375 on 1970-08-12.
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