Employee Attendance

• Pay attention to employee attendance and properly document all absences.
• Employees should not get paid for working, unless they’re actually working.

It’s about preventing time and attendance fraud.

And that’s smart business.

Find more information about time and attendance tools at Handbook F-21.

Borrowing Postal Funds

• Borrowing money from a cash drawer and repaying it at a later date is a misuse of government property.
• Likewise, taking cash from the sale of a money order, and reporting the sale of the money order at a later date when you are able to pay it back is also a misuse of government property.
• The Inspector General’s audits routinely uncover this type of conduct, and employees involved are often removed.

Keeping cash in the drawer and not in your pocket is smart business – for the Postal Service and for you.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for more guidance.