Definitions

§ 3101. Definitions As used in this part— (1) “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 piece-work basis; (2) “position” means the duties and responsibilities assigned to an employee, other than duties performed on a fee, contract, job, or piecework basis; (3) “key position” means an existing position, described in sections 3511–3531 or this title; (4) “salary level” means the numerical standing in the Postal Field Service Schedule assigned to a position in the postal field service; (5) “basic salary” means the rate of annual or hourly compensation specified by law, exclusive of overtime, night differential, and longevity compensation; and (6) “basic compensation” means basic salary plus longevity compensation. 74 Stat. 608 (7) “assigned to road duty” as used in reference to employees in the Motor Vehicle Service means assignment to a Motor Vehicle Service route which is not less than fifty miles in length one way.