OIC running routes

[westendgal]

We have a new OIC in our office. She was a rural carrier for 15 yrs. She runs routes in our office quite often. And then pays the rca's for it. She'll run a route in our office and send one of our rca's to another office to help them. Is this allowed?

 

[oi veh.]

Nope.

File the grievance.

 

[Tammy]

The rca assigned to your office SHOULD be working your office first. If they are not scheduled for your office then they can work in other offices. Their duty is to your office. An OIC can run routes only if the order of consideration has been exhausted and their is no other help, not because she is sending them to other offices. if the rca was not scheduled for your office that day and scheduled for a different office if they are needed in the home office (sick calls etc.) Then they must work the home office first and the secondary office has to find someone else.

 

[Voglio-il mio]

The rca assigned to your office SHOULD be working your office first. If they are not scheduled for your office then they can work in other offices. Their duty is to your office. An OIC can run routes only if the order of consideration has been exhausted and their is no other help, not because she is sending them to other offices. if the rca was not scheduled for your office that day and scheduled for a different office if they are needed in the home office (sick calls etc.) Then they must work the home office first and the secondary office has to find someone else.

Sounds like the OIC is ambitious, and is trying to suck their way to the top!

 

[Morty]

I know a short staffed office that just pays the daily fine and delivers it.

 

[westendgal]

The other offices, are they part of the same delivery unit/finance number? Reporting location doesn’t matter so much as how the pay works.

If for instance there are rmpo/APO offices the rca is sent to; or perhaps multiple financially connected stations in a large city, the oic can get away with it.

What I don’t understand is the extra pay to the rcas.

Someone has to be paid for the route for that day and the OIC cant be paid so she gives the hours to the rca's in the office even though they arent doing it.
And no not the same delivery unit.

 

[ctrural2]

Someone has to be paid for the route for that day and the OIC cant be paid so she gives the hours to the rca's in the office even though they arent doing it.
And no not the same delivery unit.

Sorry, someone does not have to be paid for the route every day. If our pm runs a route in an emergency, he signs the route book as pm, thus saving $

 

[gerl2]

Sorry, someone does not have to be paid for the route every day. If our pm runs a route in an emergency, he signs the route book as pm, thus saving $

You do know that the PM is actually paid running the route?

 

[POSTL80]

File a grievance. The order of consideration must be followed. Once an RCA is scheduled/loaned to another route/office, they are considered unavailable in their own office. They can't be pulled back to run a route. As a previous rural carrier, this OIC should know better. Also, the OIC is falsifying documents by paying somebody that didn't actually work. That is a fireable offense. The RCA receiving pay for not working will be made to pay it back. They should also know better than to accept pay for not working. The OICs boss should also be contacted about this. Not only is this contractually wrong, it is financially wrong. Anybody knowing about this should be filing a grievance and contacting the labor board.

 

[Sprocket]

You do know that the PM is actually paid running the route?

Double dipping?

At what rate?

I do not believe PM's get paid for running routes.

 

[gerl2]

Double dipping?

At what rate?

I do not believe PM's get paid for running routes.

My last two PMs did.

 

[Sprocket]

My last two PMs did.

Well that is really something.

 

[gerl2]

Well that is really something.

One thing I have learned at the PO there is a way around everything.

 

[Twingrlie]

My last two PMs did.

EAS doesn’t pay out management for running a route. Management should be putting the Route was split and keeping it vacant so no one gets the eval.