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 732 80 Stat. 532; 5 USC 8°io'i. 83*statr\'36l^' Post, p. 776. 5 USC 8301.

s^^usc^ssoi, 8701, 8901.

PUBLIC LAW 91-375-AUG. 12, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(c) Officers and employees of the Postal Service shall be covered ^y suDchapteF I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work injuries. " (d) Officers and employees of the Postal Service (other than the Governors) shall be covered by chapter 83 of title 5 relating to civil service retirement. The Postal Service shall withhold from pay and shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the amounts specified in such chapter. The Postal Service, upon request of the Civil Service Commission, but not less frequently than annually, shall pay to the Civil Service Commission the costs reasonably related to the administration of Fund activities for officers and employees of the Postal Service. " (e) Sick and annual leave, and compensatory time of officers and employees of the Postal Service, whether accrued prior to or after commencement of operations of the Postal Service, shall be obligations of the Postal Service under the provisions of this chapter. "(f) Compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this section, whether provided by statute or by rules and regulations of the former Post Office Department or the executive branch of the Government of the United States, shall continue to apply to officers and employees of the Postal Service, until changed by the Postal Service in accordance with this chapter and chapter 12 of this title. Subject to the provisions of this chapter and chapter 12 of this title, the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 85 and chapters 87 and 89 of ^[I\Q 5 shall apply to officers and employees of the Postal Service, unless varied, added to, or substituted for, under this subsection. No variation, addition, or substitution with respect to fringe benefits shall result in a program of fringe benefits which on the whole is less favorable to the officers and employees than fringe benefits in effect on the effective date of this section, and as to officers and employees for whom there is a collective-bargaining representative, no such variation, addition, or substitution shall be made except by agreement between the collective-bargaining representative and the Postal Service. "§ 1006. Right of transfer "Officers and employees in the postal career service of the Postal Service shall be eligible for promotion or transfer to any other position in the Postal Service or the executive branch of the Government of the United States for which they are qualified. The authority given by this section shall be used to provide a maximum degree of career promotion opportunities for officers and employees and to insure continued improvement of postal services. "§ 1007. Seniority for employees in rural service "Subject to agreements made under chapter 12 of this title, the seniority of an employee, of the Postal Service occupying a position whose regular duty involves the collection and delivery of mail on a rural route shall be preserved. Seniority for such employee shall commence on the first day of his service in such a position, or, in the event such an employee transfers to another such position, on the day he enters duty in the other position. Upon initial assignment, such an employee shall be assigned to the least desirable route and shall attain assignment to more desirable routes by seniority. Promotions and assignments for such an employee in such position shall be based on seniority and ability. If ability be sufficient, seniority shall govern. "§ 1008. Temporary employees or carriers " (a) A person temporarily employed to deliver mail is deemed an employee of the Postal Service and is subject to the provisions of

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