Employees who meet eligibility requirements may apply through the Human Resources Shared Service Center for Office of Personnel Management disability retirement. The application for disability retirement includes an Agency Certification of Reassignment and Accommodation Efforts. Disability retirement standard operating procedures can be accessed on the personnel desktop under the Human Resources Web page on the Postal Service Intranet.
Special telecommunications devices for the deaf are to be installed in all Postal Service installations employing deaf employees in the regular workforce. Special telecommunication devices or telephone volume control devices are to be installed for hard-of-hearing employees whenever the employee needs a reasonable accommodation in order to communicate by phone. These devices are to be available to employees who are deaf or hard-of-hearing for official business and in the case of personal emergencies. Management is to provide training to staff on the use of these special telecommunication devices.