Last Year, NALC reported that the Postal Service was looking to make some changes in the way it handles individual retirement counseling for employees (news, 8/22/05). Now, according to APWU:  “It appears that the Postal Service’s decision to consolidate personnel functions, including retirement counseling, into a Share Service will eliminate individual and/or group counseling.”

Sharing Shared Services — part of the PostalPEOPLE strategy
Employee Resource Management Vice President Debbie Jackson recently talked to Human Resource managers from around the country in Greensboro, NC, about how the move to Shared Services will impact their districts.

The new Shared Services Center in Greensboro is part of the overall PostalPEOPLE strategy - the ultimate in employee self-service - making it quick, easy and convenient to access personal information 24/7. Employees in 28 districts use the center to get help with retirement and separation, compensation and benefit changes as well as executive and administrative schedule selection.

By Sept. 1, all 80 districts will be on the new system

source: Postal Bulletin 3/30/06 issue