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disability discrimination
USPS: October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
USPS encourages all employees with a disability to self-identify, or to update a disability already on file, by completing PS Form 2489, Self-Identification of a Physical or Mental Disability.
USPS Handbook EL-307 Revision: Reasonable Accommodation, An Interactive Process
Effective July 2024, the Postal Service™ will revise Handbook EL-307, Reasonable Accommodation, An Interactive Process, to reflect changes and updates to the Postal Service’s guidance on providing reasonable accommodation to Postal Service job applicants and employees with disabilities. The changes were made to ensure that the Postal Service is compliant with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulatory … Read more
Postal Service Gets Some Worker Claims Trimmed in Bias Dispute
April 8, 2024 USPS gets summary judgment on half of disabled worker’s claims Disability bias, overtime retaliation allegations head to jury The US Postal Service secured a pretrial end to claims that it discriminated against a worker because of her age and retaliated against her for seeking disability accommodations, but other allegations advanced to a … Read more
USPS: Reasonable Accommodations Policy set for pregnant, nursing employees
December 12, 2023 The Postal Service has issued a policy on providing pregnancy-related accommodations to employees. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires employers to accommodate pregnancy-related medical restrictions if an employee has a qualifying disability. However, under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act — also known as the PWFA — employers must provide reasonable accommodations to … Read more
Biden Judge Rules that USPS Violated Law Prohibiting Disability Discrimination
October 31, 2023 Judge Doris Pryor, nominated by President Biden to the Seventh Circuit, wrote a unanimous decision that reversed a lower court and ruled that the US Postal Service (USPS) had violated the rights of a woman in a wheelchair to have meaningful access to its services in southern Indiana. She sent the case … Read more
NALC: How to navigate the Reasonable Accommodation process
NALC – June 2023 The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against qualified employees with disabilities and obliges the Postal Service to provide accommodations. This month’s Postal Record takes a look at how to navigate the reasonable accommodation process. The Postal Record – Reasonable Accommodation Source: NALC
USPS: Disability self-ID PS Form 2489 can now be completed online
December 5, 2022 The Postal Service has introduced an online version of PS Form 2489, Self-Identification of a Physical or Mental Disability, and is encouraging all employees with disabilities to complete it. The form allows employees to self-identify as an individual with a disability or to update a disability status already on file. For example, … Read more