The class-action complaint covers 41,000 current and former Postal workers. Federal Times reports that after attorneys' fees, each plaintiff would receive an average of $300. The EEOC has granted preliminary approval to the settlement.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
USPS Settles $17 Million Disability Lawsuit
The Postal Service is paying $17 million to settle a lawsuit brought by disabled employees. The plaintiffs said the agency restricted their work hours because of their disabilities. They also accused the Postal Service of denying them the use of devices like electric scooters. In settling the suit, the Postal Service is not admitting guilt.
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I know of three women in my town alone, milking that USPS disability ca$h cow. One who went to work with a pre-existed back problem years before she started and only worked for a short time before "she had to go on disability". The second one was bumpin the married postmaster and plenty of others around town, she to had wrist problems and retired thanks to Mr. Postmaster. Didn't want her talkin. The last followed the lead of those before her, wrist injury, out and gone. If anyone took the time to investigate any or all three of them, they'd be in jail, or replaying the hundreds of thousand of dollars that they never deserved and stole. If I know of three, how many thousand more do you think there are? No wonder the post office is screwed.
My math calc's tell me that the lawyers will get about 4 million dollars ($4,000,000.) out of this while the plaintiffs get $300. What a rip-off of taxpayer's money..
The way I read this, the disabled persons in this suit are the "Americans with disabilities", not necessarily those who are injured in order to collect $. ???
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