Sec. 207. Study on USPS workforce realignment and right-sizing options
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the workforce reduction or realignment methods used by the United States Postal Service to align its workforce with its needs. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include the following: The projected workforce needs of the Postal Service over the next 5 fiscal years, given the current mail volumes and the demand for Postal services. Possible options for allowing Postal Service employees who are eligible for voluntary early retirement to deposit voluntary separation incentive payments to obtain service credit or to otherwise allow such payments to be credited in the computation of retirement annuity benefits. The terms and conditions for the voluntary separation incentive payments offered under section 205. The number of employees in each job category and in each postal service area to whom the Postal Service has offered an incentive for voluntary separation, the number of offers of incentives for voluntary separation that have been accepted, the number of offers of incentives for voluntary separation that remain pending, and the number of employees in each job category and in each postal service area projected to separate from service during each quarter through the end of the first quarter of 2016. The number of employees in each job category who are covered under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code, and who have accepted offers of incentives for voluntary separation, including the number of employees covered under each chapter who voluntarily separated under subsection
(a)of section 205 or the authority under subsection
(b)of section 205. The total savings and work hour reductions by job category and postal service area that have been realized by the Postal Service as of the date of the report and that are projected to be realized during each of the next 3 years as a result of the offers of incentives for voluntary separation. The total expenditures made by the Postal Service to provide incentives for voluntary separation. Any training, retraining, or hiring that may be required by the authority the Postal Service is granted under this Act to develop and offer for sale nonpostal products and services.