Postal Service Duplicating Payments to Injured Workers, Audit Finds

The U.S. Postal Service has overpaid more than half of the injured workers in cases examined in an audit by the USPS inspector general. The audit found the Postal Service made duplicate payments in 97 of 155 cases analyzed. Under the federal workers' compensation system, postal workers are allowed continuation of pay immediately following an injury, before comp benefits kick in. But the audit found that in many cases, the USPS was continuing the paychecks while still reimbursing the Department of Labor for benefits paid to the injured workers. In 71 cases, the Postal Service continu...