August 5-9, 2024 Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
National-level arbitration decisions 1. Case No. 4B19N-4B-C 23120456 (Non-Payment of Wages)— NALC appealed this grievance to the interpretive step to resolve the parties’ dispute as to whether the Postal Service was contractually obligated to compensate employ- ees whose paychecks were stolen by cybercriminals. The grievant was enrolled in direct deposit via the USPS Human Resources web- site, LiteBlue.usps.gov. Accord- ing to the Postal Service, crimi- nals caused the direct deposits of certain employees, including the grievant, to be routed to bank
accounts controlled by the crimi- nals. As a result, the grievant was not compensated for 80 hours worked during the 24th pay pe- riod of 2022. NALC contended that the fail- ure to pay an employee for hours worked is a clear violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as certain provisions of the Agreement, including Articles 5, 8, 9 and 34. Hearings before National Arbi- trator Dennis Nolan took place Jan. 23-24, 2024. Post-hearing briefing was completed by April 2024.
NALC DIRECT ARBITRATION COSTS Two-year period Two-year period
Percentage
ended 3/31/22
ended 3/31/24 $2,911,225.72
Change 2.98% 14.8%
Arbitrators’ fees Cancellation fees Transcripts Miscellaneous
$2,826,864
479,879
551,053.71
— —
— —
— —
TOTAL
$3,306,743
$3,462,279.43
4.7%
NALC DISCIPLINE ARBITRATION
Sustained
Sustained
Denied
Total*
Percent denied
in part
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
61
39 48 49 45 81 92 76 69 38 48 11
108 140 149 137 121 135 127 121
208 288 290 287 282 321 279 260 183 185
51.9 48.6 51.4 47.7 43.6 43.8 46.1 48.2 51.9 48.1 54.9
100 92 105
75 81 72 61 50 48 21
95 89 39
71
NALC CONTRACT ARBITRATION
Sustained
Sustained
Denied
Total*
Percent denied
in part
105 155 115 100 278 247 144 208 205 169
36 41 45 30
62 102 86 65 163 126 84 92
203 258 246 195 629 474 304 367 355 275 108
30.5 39.5 35.0 33.3 27.9 27.5 29.5 26.7 23.9 20.7
142 85 56 44
65 49 25
85 57 26
57 24.0 *The total figure includes cases where no decision was issued by the arbitrator—for example, because the cases were settled during or after the hearing.
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