As a USPS employee, you earn permanent status after completing the specified probationary period for the class with satisfactory service. Permanent status in a class provides you with the right to remain in the class or appeal an adverse action taken while serving in the class. This program is designed to stimulate and encourage the development and implementation of ideas or procedures which eliminate or reduce expenditures of the university, or which generate additional revenues. The Gabor Agency, Inc., one of the university s insurance providers, funds the award. In recognition of your continuous satisfactory service to the university, you will receive an award at five-year intervals.
Awards take the form of certificates, pins or other tokens of recognition.
Service awards may also be presented to retiring employees whose service has been satisfactory with the university. If you decide to resign from your position with the university you should notify your supervisor or department head as far in advance as possible. A one-month notice of resignation is recommended. The period of notice is up to three months prior to the expiration of the employment contract, depending upon the length of service. In these instances the employee may have certain rights to appeal.