Some, like Sattlefield, had permanent disabilities. The Postal Service ended its program targeting employees with disabilities in 2011, but years afterward, many workers are still dealing with its consequences. Their class action is among the largest the thinly staffed EEOC - which normally gets about 8,000 federal hearings requests each year - has handled. In 48 years with the EEOC, the agency tasked with enforcing employment discrimination laws, Dix said he can’t recall another federal agency systematically targeting so many disabled workers. “They never say die,” said Robbie Dix, head of the EEOC’s federal appellate program. To dispute many of the claims, the Postal Service is arguing that the workers aren’t providing sufficient proof that they actually had disabilities or were harmed by the program. The EEOC plans to go case by case through about 28,000 claims, and the Postal Service is contesting each worker’s allegations, which could drag out the process for years. It has refused to settle, stating in its latest financial report that the case’s outcome could have a “material impact” on the agency. Now, more than a decade later, despite the ruling, the Postal Service is still fighting the class-action complaint. A commission ruling on the class action complaint also 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. Postal Service fired her, one of about 44,000 employees who were either fired or left their jobs under pressure over five years in a program that “targeted” employees with work-related injuries, according to the U.S. Email address This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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