Labor Department Alleges Post Office Fired Worker for Reporting Injury

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Postal Service illegally reported a worker for reporting a workplace injury. The letter carrier, whose name is redacted in a copy of the complaint that the Labor Department posted online, broke a finger on her left hand when she slipped and fell while delivering mail on Feb. 17, 2024. The complaint alleges that the employee’s supervisor instructed that she could not go immediately to the hospital for treatment in her work vehicle and instead needed to return to the post office, complete paperwork and then go to th...