Postal Service Bill Seeks Cuts to Federal Workers' Compensation

Legislation in the U.S. Senate picks up on a proposal in President Obama's draft budget to cut workers' compensation benefits for federal employees and folds it into a plan to plug the U.S. Postal Service's $5 billion annual shortfall.Senate Bill 1486 by Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del. would cut benefits under the Federal Employee Compensation Act by $17 billion annually, according to an analysis by the letter carrier's union. But only one provision of the bill takes aim at federal workers' comp costs: The rest of the measure aims to reduce Postal Service costs by measures su...