definitions

definitions Sec. 101. For the purposes of this Act— (1) “Department” means the Post Office Department established by section 388 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C., sec. 361), and the postal field service of the Post Office Department; (2) “postal field service” includes all operations and organization units of the Department, other than the departmental operations and organization units in the headquarters offices of the Post Office Department at the seat of the Government, and includes postal inspectors assigned to the headquarters offices of the Post Office Department at the seat of the Government; (3) “employee”, unless the context otherwise indicates, includes postmasters, officers, supervisors, and all other persons employed in the postal field service, regardless of title, other than persons who provide services for the Department on a fee, contract, job, or piecework basis; (4) “position” means the duties and responsibilities assigned to an employee, other than duties performed on a fee, contract, job, or piecework basis; 69 Stat. 89 (5) “key position” means an existing position, described in section 203 of this Act; (6) “salary level” means the numerical standing in the Postal Field Service Schedule assigned to a position in the postal field service; (7) “basic salary” means the rate of annual or hourly compensation specified by law, exclusive of overtime, night differential, and longevity compensation; (8) “basic compensation” means basic salary plus longevity compensation; and (9) “persons” has the meaning prescribed for such word in section 1 of title 1 of the United States Code.