December Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period For 2025

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The Postal Service has notified NALC of the December period during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable. As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5 of the USPS-NALC National Agreement, this period consists of four consecutive service weeks.

This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-2025, Week 1 (Nov. 29, 2025) and ends Pay Period 01-2026, Week 2 (Dec. 26, 2025).

Keep in mind, the penalty overtime exclusion period does not affect the new provision bargained for and included in the 2023-2026 National Agreement outlined in Article 8, Section 4.G. This provision, which in accordance with M-02009 began on July 1, 2025, requires letter carriers to be paid at the rate of two and a half (2½) times their base hourly straight time rate for any hours worked beyond 12 hours in a service day or 60 hours in a service week. This requirement to compensate letter carriers at that rate of pay is unchanged during the December period. All hours worked in excess of 12 hours in a service day or 60 hours in a service week will still be paid at 2½ times the normal rate of pay.

Pictures From BuxMont 920’s Golf Outing

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The past Monday, members from BuxMont 920 gathered at The Bucks Club in Jamison, PA for a round of golf! A great big thank you goes out to Tom Bozarth for organizing the event!

Check out the images below!

Lining up
Bryan Jeffries (920 Trustee), Sean Mchale, Jeff Skrzat, Mike Skrzat
Bill Logan(Southampton- Perkasie retiree) and Brian Logan
Dave Semon,
Charlie Reed(Doylestown),
Jeff Semon, Johno Parker
Chris Rosenbaum,
Brian Rosenbaum (Hatboro) ,
Ian Carlin, Chris Gregg
Rick Cataldi( Hatboro), Danny Olson, Tim Stinger, Rich Fuges
Southampton Nick Los, Donny Schultz, Andy Parker,
Paul Keegan(920 Treasurer)
Howie Bates,
John Kahuila (Southampton)
Kevin Bates, Michael Croke
Matt Bauerle,
Sean Geackel (920 President),
Eli Geackel, Tom Hackendahl
Mike Mott(920 Trustee),
Frankie Martinez, Rick Schultz,
Ricky Schultz( Southampton retiree)
Jeff Buth(Southampton) ,
Matt Nguyen,Trix Esguerra,
Richard Tran
Bryan Jeffries (920 Trustee)
NBA Brian Thompson(Driver) and Former NBA Dave Napadano
Bill Logan
Harry Lapse, Josh Tankel,
Marc Tankel(Warminster),
Mario Buonanoce
Joseph Vadelund (Southampton), Cooper Gregory, Hunter Kern,
Paul Defrain
Levittown Bill Burnett,
Pat Kelly (4973 President),
Jason Dimmick, Chris Heineman
Luke Mc Grath (Ft Washington),
Ed Otterbein, Matthew Robinson,
Tim Harrington (Southampton)
Pat O’Neil, Justin Benton,
Brandon Bailey,
Sean O’Neil (Southampton)
Jay Kiesling (Langhorne),
Nick Kiesling), Sean Mills,
Alex Kiesling
Royersford Christian Ladd, Joe Rios, Tim Demchik(920 Vice-President), Don Miller (retiree)
Chris Levin,(Doylestown)
Kyle Adger (Doylestown),
Billy Rutledge,
Eric DeLuca (Doylestown
Kevin Loughlin, Toliy Dunkhin,
Charlie Wilson, Ken Murtha,
Dillon Shoemaker All Southampton
Jim Bozarth, Jim McCarrick, Ryan Bozart &Tom Bozarth (Southampton)
Luncheon

Two Memorandums of Understanding Agreed by the NALC and USPS

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The NALC and the Postal Service have agreed to a memorandum of understanding Re: Monetization of Annual Leave (M-02013) in which career employees covered under the NALC agreement may sell back up to eighty (80) hours of annual leave prior to the beginning of the leave year. To qualify for annual leave monetization, employees must meet two criteria: they must be at the maximum annual leave carryover limit at the start of the leave year and must have used fewer than seventy-five (75) hours of sick leave in the previous leave year.

In addition, the national parties have agreed to a MOU Re: Annual Leave Carryover for Leave Year 2026 (M-02014) which increases the maximum allowable annual leave carryover amounts outlined in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). For leave year 2026, regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NALC National Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2025 to leave year 2026. The Memorandum, which does not change the provisions in the ELM for payment of accumulated leave, will expire with the conclusion of the 2026 Leave Year.

NALC Confirms Backpay Date

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NALC has successfully secured the backpay for all carriers for the time between when the 2019-2023 contract ended, and the 2023-2026 contract was set this past April. The back pay for full-time carriers & PTFs will include:

1. First COLA—$978 at Step P:8/26/23 to 4/18/25
2. First General Increase—1.3 percent:  11/18/23 to 4/18/25
3. Second COLA—$353 at Step P:3/9/24 to 4/18/25
4. Third COLA—$978 at Step P:9/7/24 to 4/18/25
5. Second General Increase—1.4 percent:11/16/24 to 4/18/25
6. Fourth COLA—$416 at Step P:  3/8/25 to 4/18/25

And, for CCA’s, the backpay will include:

1. First General Increase—2.3 percent:11/18/23 to 4/18/25
2. Second General Increase—2.4 percent:11/16/24 to 4/18/25

The backpay will be included in the August 29 paycheck.

For the full article about the backpay, head on over to the NALC National Website.