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The NALC and the USPS have agreed on two national-level settlements regarding FMLA and the use of NALC FMLA forms.
The Postal Service proposed changes to the Employee and Labor Relations Manual which required employees to use Department of Labor forms to certify FMLA protection.
The NALC took the position that there was no requirement under the FMLA to use Department of Labor forms and initiated two disputes. The first dispute was over the proposed ELM changes and the second was the over the Postal Service’s refusal to allow employees to use NALC FMLA forms.
In our first dispute over the proposed changes of the ELM, the Postal Service agreed to change the language in section 515 of the ELM (M-01812) to allow employees to use another format other than Department of Labor forms to certify FMLA protection.
The change in section 515 of the ELM resolves the NALCs second issue and employees may now use the NALC FMLA forms for FMLA protection. (M-01817)