The Postal Service is reminding employees of the ethics rules that apply when taking on supplemental employment.
USPS employees may not work a second job:
• With a company that delivers mailable matter. This includes Amazon, FedEx, UPS and DHL, although there is an exception for companies that deliver daily newspapers.
• With a commercial mail-receiving agency such as the UPS Store or FedEx Print and Ship.
• In an advising or consulting capacity with a business that has or will compete for a USPS contract.
Employees also may not have any interest in a mail-carrying contract.
There are many supplemental employment situations that require prior approval from the USPS Ethics Office. The prior approval form is located on Blue. These include second jobs with:
• Any highway contract route carrier;
• Any contract delivery service;
• Any company that the employee deals with on behalf of the Postal Service;
• Any business substantially dependent upon or affected by postal rates, fees or classifications;
• Any business substantially dependent upon providing goods and services to, or used in connection with, the Postal Service; and
• Any subsidiary of a company that delivers mailable matter, such as Amazon subsidiaries Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh and Twitch.
Employees must never use postal resources for a second job and may not work for their other employer on postal property or while in uniform or on duty.
For more information, email or call the USPS Ethics Office at 202-268-6346
