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It outlines contractual differences between PTFs and CCAs, describing benefits such as paid sick leave, annual leave carryover, retirement contributions, and enhanced health insurance participation. 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Those employed in offices below 200 workyears and meeting criteria were converted to part-time flexible (PTF) career status.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How are PTFs defined and identified in USPS systems?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"PTFs are career carriers in the regular workforce with flexible work hours rather than a fixed schedule. They are identified by USPS designation-activity code 43-4 on PS Form 50 and in the Time and Attendance Collection System (TACS).",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Do PTFs have weekly work hour guarantees and what daily guarantee applies?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"PTFs have no weekly work hour guarantees, but they maintain the daily work hour guarantees that apply to CCAs. 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This settlement provided all CCAs with at least 30 months of relative standing on Feb. 15 tobe converted to career status. Select postal districts identified on the attachment to M-01906 were to make conversions to career status using a lower number of months of relative standing as identified on the attachment. In accordance with the settlement, qualifying letter carriers were to be converted to career status within 60 days of the signing of the agreement on Jan. 22. It is NALC’s understanding that these conversions took place on March 14.  \nCCAs who were employed in offices below 200 workyears, and who otherwise met the criteria above, were converted to part-time flexible (PTF) career status. This article will explain the contractual differences between PTFs and CCAs related to certain articles of the National Agreement. PTF is a career classification that entitles letter carriers to additional compensation and benefits. These benefits include paid sick leave; annual leave carryover; employer contributions to retirement; increased employer contributions to health insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP); and seniority privileges.  \nQ. What are PTFs?  \nA. PTFs are career carriers who are a part of the regular work force and have flexible work hours rather than a fixed schedule. PTFs are identified by USPS designation-activity code 43-4 on their PS Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action and in the Time and Attendance Collection System (TACS) .  \nArticle 7 of the National Agreement defines the different classifications of employees, including PTFs:  \nARTICLE 7 EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATIONS  \nA. Regular Work Force. The regular work force shall be comprised of two categories of employees which are as follows:  \n1. Full-Time. Employees in this category shall be hired pursuant to such procedures as the Employer may establish and shall be assigned to regular schedules consisting of five  \n(5) eight (8) hour days in a service week.  \n2. Part-Time. Employees in this category shall be hired pursuant to such procedures as the Employer may establish and shall be assigned to regular schedules of less than forty (40) hours in a service week, or shall be available to work flexible hours as assigned by the Employer during the course of a service week.  \n42  The Postal Record  April 2020  \nQ. Do PTFs have a work hour guarantee?  \nA. While PTFs have no weekly work hour guarantees, they maintain the daily work hour guarantees that apply to CCAs. Article 8.8.C provides the same work hour guarantees to PTFs as Article 8.8.D provides for CCAs:  \nC. The Employer will guarantee all employees at least four  \n(4) hours work or pay on any day they are requested or scheduled to work in a post office or facility with 200 or more workyears of employment per year. All employees at other post offices and facilities will be guaranteed two (2) hours work or pay when requested or scheduled to work.  \nD. Any CCA employee who is scheduled to work and who reports to work in a post office or facility with 200 or more workyears of employment shall be guaranteed four (4) hours of work or pay. CCAs at other post offices and facilities will be guaranteed two (2) hours work or pay.  \nQ. As a PTF, can I be laid off?  \nA. Members of the regular work force are protected from layoffs or reductions in force once they reach six years of continuous service, as provided in Article 6 of the National Agreement:  \nARTICLE 6 NO LAYOFFS OR REDUCTION IN FORCE  \n(1) Each employee who is employed in the regular workforce as of the date of the Award of Arbitrator James J. Healy, September 15, 1978, shall be protected henceforth against any ","cbCaivRpdukSY42f","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivRpdukSY42f","pdf",620435,"English","# Contract Talk: From CCA to PTF\n## Conversion to career status (CCA to PTF)\n## PTF definition and identification\n## Work hour guarantees for PTFs\n## Layoff and reduction in force protections\n## Expected schedule and Sunday premium payment","[{\"question\":\"What is the settlement outcome from CCA to PTF conversion?\",\"answer\":\"After settlement of the national-level grievance, many former CCAs were converted to career status. 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