Court Opinion

ID: 9466735
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:25:59.538865+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:55.519019
License: Public Domain

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
With deference I dissent. The relevant statute, 39 U.S.C. § 1001(b), provides that the Postal Service shall grant an aggrieved employee a hearing in cases involving “adverse actions.” The Postal Service Manual defines adverse actions as those involving “discharges, suspensions of more than 30 days, furloughs without' pay or reductions in rank or pay.” PSM, part 444.221. [Emphasis added.] By the transfer, Spinks’ annual earnings were reduced by approximately $788 per annum. I can find no justification in reading the words “reduction in pay” as not having application to Spinks’ reduction in pay of this amount. These regulations, obviously for the protection of the employee, should be given a literal application when the employee’s rights are involved and are favored by such interpretation.