Management’s NRP Letter No Cause for Celebration
August 11, 2011
An internal USPS document indicating that the reassessment of Limited Duty and Rehabilitation employees concluded on Jan. 31, 2011, is not cause for celebration, Human Relations Director Sue Carney says, because the National Reassessment Process (NRP) seems to have been eliminated in name only.
“Despite the declaration, we continue to receive numerous calls regarding work-hour withdrawals and recurrence claims,” she said. “Compounding suspicions that NRP has been eliminated in name only is a USPS field document that says existing limited-duty assignments will continue to be altered; asserts that revised NRP documents will be used prospectively, and specifies the agency will continue to rely upon the Electronic Search System to document its search efforts.”
The July 1 letter from the USPS Employee Resource Management Department was sent to USPS Area Vice Presidents.
To date, the APWU has received no notice from the Postal Service regarding changes to the NRP, Carney said.