The Postal Service does not seem to be a good employer

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that the Postal Service does not treat employees who are injured at work very well. About  44,000 employees of these employees were either fired or left their jobs under pressure over a five year period. The Commission further found that the Postal Service discriminated against an additional 15,130 injured workers by changing their work duties or accommodations, and unlawfully disclosed the private medical information of injured workers across the country. 

Because of budget problems the Postal Service began the "National Reassessment Program"  in 2006. The Service developed the program to ensure that injured staff members were doing “necessary work” and to return workers who had recuperated to their original duties. However, the Commission found that the program did not work well as it illegally discriminated against injured workers by creating a hostile work environment, taking away disability accommodations and revealing workers’ confidential medical information. The program was stopped in 2011. But, many of the discharged employees are still fighting the effect it had on them.