Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023

3/8/2024, 8:15 AM

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023

This bill extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to additional categories of employees at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

Specifically, it extends such protections to any officer or employee of the USPS who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.

Congress
118

Number
HR - 595

Introduced on
2023-01-27

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

1/27/2023

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023

This bill extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to additional categories of employees at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

Specifically, it extends such protections to any officer or employee of the USPS who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.

Policy Areas
Government Operations and Politics

Potential Impact
Administrative remedies
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Merit Systems Protection Board
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

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Recent Activity

Latest Summary5/23/2023

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023

This bill extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board,...


Latest Action1/27/2023
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.