USPS To Expand National Reassessment Process With New Pilot Program??

March 31, 2009 by
Filed under: Injured On Duty, nrp, usps 

From PostalReporter.com reader:

“The Postal Service has announced it intends to expand the National Reassessment Process by implementing a Pilot Program for Limited Duty Modified Assignments. That should mean those who have not met their maximum medical improvement. It will be a “Pilot” program in 4 districts nationwide. USPS has set up a meeting with National on April 22 to discuss their intentions, which we all know is to reduce the workforce any way they can. I have been a rehab for approx 18 years. I have a full work day with more than enough to keep busy. USPS has had a stand up in the Santa Ana district saying they intend to start it ASAP (before the national meeting in April). But they intend to use this “Pilot” program to circumvent the established process of interviewing employees. They are saying that anyone not performing “productive and necessary work based on operational necessity” will be targeted. My manager said that means that any rehab, not only the limited duty assignments that USPS nationally has said would be included in pilot, will only be working an hour or two a day, then will be sent home. This is an obvious violation of the established NPR program. Has anyone else out there heard of this railroading policy happening in their area?”

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87 Comments on USPS To Expand National Reassessment Process With New Pilot Program??

  1. waco on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 7:03 am

    2. its about time that they do something with the employees that are abusing the system.

  2. Johnny on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 7:20 am

    3. I wish they would get rid of all the slackers, both craft and management. Some people have been abusing tha system so long they actuallt think that that’s the way it’s supposed to be! Get rid of these bums for good. But I’ll believe it when I see it. Been hearing this klind of stuff for years!

  3. madpostman on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 7:28 am

    4. Who says anyone is abusing the system? A bunch of lowlifes who obviously don’t do enough damn work to know what it’s like to exert yourself.

  4. princess on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 7:43 am

    5. all the slackers are the ones that aren’t hurt i see more people that are injured do more work then those that aren’t

  5. ace on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 7:56 am

    6. Yea, too bad a lot of really rotten people have trashed the system.
    But it has to be done. Way too many bums milking the PO. I suspect miraculous recoveries.

  6. SHELLY on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 8:25 am

    7. “ENOUGH WORK TO KEEP BUSY”? ,,,,WELL, THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT HERE..PEOPLE ARE NOT HIRED TO KEEP BUSY COUNTING RUBBER BANDS AND PAPERCLIPS! EACH PERSON HAS A DUTY ASSIGNMENT, AND WE ARE NOT PAID JUST TO SHOW UP AND DO NOTHING FOR 8 HOURS….”KEEPING BUSY” DOING NON-PRODUCTIVE WORK, IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE OVER 30 THOUSAND IODS WE ARE CARRYING ON OUR BACKS,,,,SO , MAKE IT TO WHERE THESE FRAUDERS ARE SENT TO KEEP BUSY, ELSEWHERE…(WALMART, TARGET, ETC.)

  7. cut the dead wood on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 8:39 am

    8. we have someone that broke he leg 15 years ago (not at work) and been on light duty eversince. time to get rid of the unemployable leaches.

  8. time to make a change on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:22 am

    9. i agree, most people on limited/light duty were not even injured at the USPS. . . .AND again, the USPS is the only babysitting program that i know will let you milk and manipulate the system for as long as they have. . . .NOW I WILL say, there are some folk who were injured at work but DAMNNNNN does it take 15 years to recover. . . .it’s amazing how alot of these “hurt” folk walk into the buildings with about 3 bags on their shoulders, 2 grocery bags in their hands weighing about 35 lbs but their limitations are no more than 5 lbs. . .. .

  9. IOD on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:25 am

    10. Be careful what you say. I never thought it would happen to me then after 23 yrs it did.

  10. MplsP&DC on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:49 am

    11. heard it before and will hear it again same story over and over but I still see all the scammers sitting around drooling and feeling sorry for themself, I bust my ass on the DBCS every day and do so with a bad back but I got something called pride. For $25 an hour with no education one should expect some strain on their body, and nothing makes my day worse than seeing the same so called injured people walk by day after day for years with a smile on their face!
    they should be thrown out on their asses, and I for one would love to be the one to rip the badges off their damn necks!

  11. MplsP&DC on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:49 am

    12. heard it before and will hear it again same story over and over but I still see all the scammers sitting around drooling and feeling sorry for themself, I bust my ass on the DBCS every day and do so with a bad back but I got something called pride. For $25 an hour with no education one should expect some strain on their body, and nothing makes my day worse than seeing the same so called injured people walk by day after day for years with a smile on their face!
    they should be thrown out on their asses, and I for one would love to be the one to rip the badges off their damn necks!

  12. MplsP&DC on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:49 am

    13. heard it before and will hear it again same story over and over but I still see all the scammers sitting around drooling and feeling sorry for themself, I bust my ass on the DBCS every day and do so with a bad back but I got something called pride. For $25 an hour with no education one should expect some strain on their body, and nothing makes my day worse than seeing the same so called injured people walk by day after day for years with a smile on their face!
    they should be thrown out on their asses, and I for one would love to be the one to rip the badges off their damn necks!

  13. MplsP&DC on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:49 am

    14. heard it before and will hear it again same story over and over but I still see all the scammers sitting around drooling and feeling sorry for themself, I bust my ass on the DBCS every day and do so with a bad back but I got something called pride. For $25 an hour with no education one should expect some strain on their body, and nothing makes my day worse than seeing the same so called injured people walk by day after day for years with a smile on their face!
    they should be thrown out on their asses, and I for one would love to be the one to rip the badges off their damn necks!

  14. me on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:58 am

    15. oh boy! the people who have what used to be called “christmas miracles” by carriers will be happening again, and everyone who miraculously recovers should be given a bill on the spot for all their years of slacking and then be unceremoniously thrown out on their asses, fired.

  15. BoBo on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 10:24 am

    16. All the IOD people should get PURPLE HEARTS as they were injured in the line of duty…JOCO

  16. Captain America on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 11:24 am

    17. Shelly,
    You are an idiot.

  17. Captain America on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 11:27 am

    18. MplsP&DC Says:
    March 31st, 2009 at 9:49 am
    heard it before and will hear it again same story over and over but I still see all the scammers sitting around drooling and feeling sorry for themself, I bust my ass on the DBCS every day and do so with a bad back but I got something called pride. For $25 an hour with no education one should expect some strain on their body, and nothing makes my day worse than seeing the same so called injured people walk by day after day for years with a smile on their face!
    they should be thrown out on their asses, and I for one would love to be the one to rip the badges off their damn necks

    My reply to your quote. No one busts their ass at a DBCS. I repair them on Tour 1, and the vast majority of time you spend flapping your jaws while the bins fill up, and break the paddles or destroy the belts. A DBCS operator busting their ass, that is the best one I have heard in a while.

  18. Blessed! on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 12:38 pm

    19. There is no such thing as light work at the post office. All the work is repetitive and physical.. You sit on hard chairs or stand on the hard floor and work. Limited or Light duty employees are still employees. Thank God we have a job that will try to help you. Work and life will take its toll on your body. All human bodies that is. But if you can work with a bad back on a dbcs machine go for it. They do make wheelchairs.
    But in all honesty you are only hurting yourself. And when it is time to leave the PO and you will, you are the one who will pay for your back problems. You and your pride. Life goes on outside the PO. And just because you got injured at work does not mean you have to stop smiling, or laughing. Its called loving life regardless of your situation.

  19. Archer Anders on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:12 pm

    20. Back in the days before political correctness, before welfare, before “social justice” took over and ruined this country, people got out of school and got a job. Then they worked. 6 days, 7 days a week. Holidays? Yeah, it was Christmas, that was it. Maybe the 4th of July. None of this Martin Luther, presidents, Columbus crap. You worked. You worked hard. Usually physical back breaking work.

    You didn’t complain, because if the boss caught wind of your whining, your ass would be out on the street and you’d have to go home and explain to the wife and 6 kids why you werent gonna be able to feed them next week. You had a sore back, sore wrists, you cut yourself, sometimes even amputating fingers and such, and did you go ask for a CA17, CA1 or CA2, doctor visits, light duty requests, and sitting in a chair for the next 20 years getting your full pay? Don’t think so. And the people back before “Social Justice” Commies took over, they actually had pride and wouldn’t dare complain about their jobs, at least where the boss could here.

    Now we have a welfare state. It’s cool to be a victim of whatever works for you. It’s expected for you to file a claim over a hangnail. It is sick and it has ruined the work ethics of the last 2 or 3 generations of Americans.

    And when the illegals get amnesty, their employers aren’t going to like seeing the instant change from old world worker to American worker. Its going to be comical to watch.

    I have carpel tunnel, a very bad back, migraines, trick knees, and arthritis. I am a machine MPC and NEVER call in sick. No one knows my problems, no one needs to. I have done 25 years, and have 12 to go. God Willing I’ll make it, the old fashioned way.

  20. Bushwacker on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:13 pm

    21. Quit crying you sore losers, Jerry Lewis is already upset with you jerry’s kids.

  21. clerk on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:39 pm

    22. We’re so proud of you Archer.

  22. Anonymous on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:44 pm

    23. The smart local station bosses are the ones who will find ways to disrupt this program. The sickies are the people who help them make their numbers. Late arriving express – get a limited duty guy to get them out. Down routes – get a light duty person to case ‘em. Collections – grab someone out of their chair. Broke down vehicle in the street — well, you know the routine. From my vantage point, just another argument against PFP: or How do I boost my bonus.

  23. newengland lettercarrier on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:52 pm

    24. I can’t wait for the day that all of you who want to talk bad about hurt craft employees blow a knee or a back or what not. We’ll see then how !@#$ing awsome you think you are. Why don’t you complain about the real problem? For instance, Why do the stupidvisoers in my office make $18,000 more than the top carrier when all they do is sit on there A@@’s? Why do they not hold them as accountable as they do us craft employee’s? Last time the poom or the district manager showed up he only wanted to see the craft at work, why is’nt he/she looking at his own lazy crew?

  24. Tampa Man on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 2:21 pm

    25. We have a sick, lame and lazy working (if you can call it that) in 030 for the past 8 years because he is claiming Post Traumatic Stress from when a supervisor yelled at him 8 years ago. Get rid of these freeloaders!

  25. really hurt on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 2:44 pm

    26. I have a blown out knee. 2 years before it happened I complained about the LLV seat being too close to the dash. All they had to do was unbolt the seat, move it back and drill holes and rebolt it. Safety came out and said they were not going to make this accommodation for me. 2 years later after complaining and even my doctor writing a letter to the Post Office they did nothing. Now I have had 2 surgical procedures on my knee and need a knee replacement. I can never run again and I have 2 boys ages 4 and 2. I am on perminate-limited duty from a job related injury. I got a 25% impairment rating and am in pain 24 hours a day. I should be forced to work at Wal-Mart or Target after 32 years of service? I agree some people fake their injuries, but I only wish I were faking. The Post Office refused to help me when I pleaded with them and now I will suffer the rest of my life. I case 2 routes every day and run expresses, answer the phone, do avus, take passport appointments, do the ubbm, and a lot of other computer work for supervisors that can’t even spell computer. Yes, get rid of freeloading fakers, but be careful whom you call down. Someday it may be you.

  26. Ditto on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 2:56 pm

    27. newengland lettercarrier, well said, I couldn’t have said it better.

  27. najumax on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 3:10 pm

    28. majority of light and limited duty people needs to be the first to leave because most are faking it. One lady at the t-1 gpo can’t pick up but 3 letters at a time. She needs to be the first out. What good is she to the postal service, this is a business. If you can’t work you need to get on disability and leave now. most are just looking for ways to keep from doing flats and dbcs machine. we are need to suffer together.

  28. Elsie on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 3:41 pm

    29. I’ve read the comments about limited duty employees and the way you feel towards them. All I can say is, should one of you get hurt, either on or off the job, I hope you get triple the crap that genuine limited duty employees get and may your recovery last in only your mind!

  29. Look on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 3:58 pm

    30. Archer, it is admirable of you to do things the old fashioned way…but before 12 years you will be so broken down that you will completely fall apart and who will pay your medical bills? Will it be fair to your health insurance for you to dump all of those postal injuries on them? And what will the postal service give you other than a swift kick in the ass with a light duty injury. You need to wake up and smell the shit.

  30. V.P. of you moroofs on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 4:27 pm

    31. Boy Archer Anders, you need “mental” help as well…..

  31. Anonymous on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 4:35 pm

    32. Thank you LOOK..Unfortunately, The “Archers” in the P.O. think that there “shit” don’t smell. They spend the majority of the work day looking around to see who is what…Instead of minding their business and doing their work, they get more pleasure from snitching and badmouthing others. If these “Archers” had any brain cells they would call the 1800 report FRAUD to the
    USPS. But why should they, it would require giving info that they are too scared to give. It much easier to bad mouth and snitch on others

  32. PWW on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 5:23 pm

    33. Archer Anders – this world needs more people like you.

  33. stingray on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 5:47 pm

    34. I feel for the people that are really hurt but we just had one lady retire that had been on light duty for over 20 years with a sprained ankle. Nice office job with sat and sunday off. New people entered the post office saw her and then it started rolling down hill. If you are a real carrier You are going to have aches and pains. Its funny when I started over 28 years ago there were 0 light duty carriers. You either did the job or they sent you packing. Again management is to little to late.

  34. papa on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 5:47 pm

    35. Wow!!!
    It’s sad how some view all IOD’s as fakers. Fact is only 16000 are from craft & 18000 are EAS or support. Out of those a whopping 1% of 1% have been charged with any type of fraud. FYI, to be on IOD rolls one must regularly submitt medical documentation (x-rays, MRI’s, CT scans, etc.)to keep their cases open. Mismgmt through it’s stupidvisors plant seeds of malcontent against those who are injured. It’s hard to believe so many jump on the persecution band wagon with them. Mismgmt will pivot off, blame IOD’s for being short handed,point the fickled finger of fate @ them every time. Anything to draw attention away from the fact they mgmt.is responsible for the sad shape we are in. The strength of any company is how effectively they utalize their people, not abuse or cast blame. Simply put the PO is just GROSSLY MISMANAGED.

  35. Clyon Steve on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 5:51 pm

    36. Archer anders is a fool,he is talking about all the pain he has and dealing with it and thinks that he taking one for the post office because he is working through it,I wonder how many 7 hour surgeries he has had or how many weeks he has spent in the hospital and how many months in a wheel chair? Not every one is like Super Archer.By the way Super Archer how many screws, pins,cages, and cadaver bone do you have in your lower back?

    A limited duty carrier in Ohio

  36. Anonymous on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 8:22 pm

    37. 75% tax free, show me the door

  37. Anonymous Says on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:23 pm

    38. I have carpel tunnel, had my 1st surgery myself and came by to work 2 days later. I had my 2nd hand done 4 weeks later with 2 weeks scheduled sick leave for fear or being restricted from certain bid jobs. Others have taken a year or more for rehab and know they are fully able to do their jobs.
    Examples of abuse to the system has caused bad feelings towards all injured employees. I do feel sorry for the ones really hurt from work, but the fakers are very good actors.
    I know this will cause big problems for anyone getting injured on the job in the future but seeing these people off the work floor brings a smile on the face to most everyone at my office.

  38. CSRS SLUG on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 1:57 am

    39. Archer, back in the day I had to walk to work 40 miles in the snow and we LIKED it. I had a broken leg and still worked on it because the boss was an asshole but we LIKED it. We got paid nickels but we LIKED it. Go back to the 1890′s .

  39. j tull on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 3:47 am

    40. we have a acouple of these limited duty leaches here in our station in stlouis county recently when they were introduced to the program we had a miracle case of recovery after nine years they made a route for her cllection only roughly 20 stops and shes got on the overtime list to boot. this persons husband is in a management position went out on total disability 100 % and still has the power from his rocking chair to set his wife up for a cush job since she to young to retire. there is neputism rampant at the saint louis P.O. accident cover ups and other abuses that would call for managers removal that are covered up by area mangers because they are yes men(woman). rem,ember Hymn 43.

  40. harleyhil56 on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 7:55 am

    41. I know in our facility most workers are the over 50 croud. If you have been giving a fair days work for a fair days pay for over 20 years or more, you have joint pain and loss of motion in your hands, elbows, knees, shoulders, and back. We are supposed to be living in a better world where your efforts are rewarded and problems cared for. Just in case you forget, mail is made from paper, paper is made from wood, and the 500,000 or million pieces or more we move every day are getting heavy for the AARP croud who are still working tour 1 after 20 years or more. Buy a Clue!

  41. Mike on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 8:00 am

    42. It will bring a smile to my face, when some of those who claim all limited duty are fakers, get hurt themselves and then walked out the door.

    You got what you asked for….I just retired on the VER, and I’m loving it….no more Postal hassle or BS from management.

    I got paid on two EEO cases….I advocate fighting back legally when management tries their
    retaliation tactics. Most managers are stupid and
    have little knowledge of the contract. Easy pickings!

  42. yeah you on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 8:48 am

    43. yes the postal service is mismanaged because the supervisors cant and dont fire these slackers. we had a guy on limited duty who got hurt wiping his @ss. yes thats right, and went on limited duty, or light duty whatever an IOD is. his father did the same thing, and went out IOD. his kid tried to do it at burger king but they fired his lazy @ss. i guess he’ll be applying to the po so he can wipe his @ss here and claim an IOD. dont give me this whining crap. your doctor will pretty much write whatever it takes to make you come back, because he gets paid for every visit. and the real injuries are few and far between. how does hurting your shoulder mean you can case mail but cant walk a route. its mostly horse shit and the real workers are sick and tired of it.

  43. Actually hurt on the job on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 8:49 am

    44. I was recently hurt ( tore my rotator cuff on my shoulder) this was from repetitive work over 14 years of the same thing. I have been called BY MY FELLOW WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT as the hardest worker in my area. What did this get me a MAJOR injury from carrying other employees weight for many years. Now due to me recent surgery which was extremely painful I am now on comp and not even allowed in my building to work. My arm shakes lifting 2lb weights in physical therapy. I am not abusing the system but I will be penalized regardless. how is this fair to me? I hate the slackers too but I have never been 1 of them butthat will not matter.

  44. jeffro! on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 8:55 am

    45. I dont feel sorry for the PO. Workers get away with what the PO allows for them to get away with. The PO has numerous means to find out if an employee is truely injured but do not utilize them. As long as an employee is in a pay status they can be made to submit for a fitness for duty exam. I my facility this in never done. Most injured employees are not required to submit medical documentation every 30 days.

  45. idoitsoneandall on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 11:58 am

    46. Two major back surgeries, 4 months in the hospital, and the post office did not give a damn about me. 10 to 12 hours a day, and specials and express on Sunday, and Yes I am a rehab, and those of you who want to call me a slacker, you couldn’t carry my jock on any day!!!!!!

  46. no name on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 2:38 pm

    47. The same thing going on at the Atlanta BMC. They don’t believe it but time will tell. Hurry up and clean up the Atlanta BMC and some that work say they can’t lift but don’t have any documentation and supv. and mgrs. don’t say nothing but soon are later they will also be gone. Say good bye to the good old boy system and who I like. You all so call injury employees it time for you to go you have been milking the system to long and I’m glad to see you go “HURRY UP AND GO” cause this a job and since you don’t want to work go home and sit on your lazy butt.

  47. MailmanNeal on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 6:51 pm

    48. We had the same standup today. “We are to be a test facility for a new program of the National Reassessment Program”. The way it was explained to us was that limited duty carriers would only be allowed to do “necessary work” and then sent home. They expected that the rehabs would only be working no more than 4 hours a day and OWCP would be responsible for any additional compensation. Under that scenario, they told us that injured employees would only accrue half of the their total current benefits of sick leave, annual leave, and retirement. Basically, they are trying to show them the door.

  48. Anonymous on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 6:24 am

    49. MailmanNeal, “necessary work” will be work that persons is now doing within that persons craft. That person {me} can also use s/l to fill the gap. SOOOOOOOOO I will be working “part time” makine FULL WAGES with FULL BENIES for YEARS TO COME. I was going to retire this year but can now REALLY kick back, and do less for a long, long thim. THNK YOU PO, NPR, and everyone that made this dream come true.

  49. snooks on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 7:38 am

    50. Archer their backs obviously were not too sore if they had 6 kids! Too bad everyone can’t be as great as you. I bet you are a real ass kisser! SMOOCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. SEND ME HOME on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 2:34 pm

    51. MORE EEO AND MORE LAWSUITS JUST WHAT THE PO NEEDS RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY ARE LOSING MONEY . I HAVE A IDEA PUT THE PEOPLE ON OWCP LIKE THEY SHOULD HAD BEEN FROM THE START SO THESE WHINNERS CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT THOSE WORKERS WHO COME TO WORK WHO DON’T WORK.

  51. SEND ME HOME on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 2:34 pm

    52. MORE EEO AND MORE LAWSUITS JUST WHAT THE PO NEEDS RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY ARE LOSING MONEY . I HAVE A IDEA PUT THE PEOPLE ON OWCP LIKE THEY SHOULD HAD BEEN FROM THE START SO THESE WHINNERS CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT THOSE WORKERS WHO COME TO WORK WHO DON’T WORK.

  52. SEND ME HOME on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 2:34 pm

    53. MORE EEO AND MORE LAWSUITS JUST WHAT THE PO NEEDS RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY ARE LOSING MONEY . I HAVE A IDEA PUT THE PEOPLE ON OWCP LIKE THEY SHOULD HAD BEEN FROM THE START SO THESE WHINNERS CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT THOSE WORKERS WHO COME TO WORK WHO DON’T WORK.

  53. SEND ME HOME on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 2:34 pm

    54. MORE EEO AND MORE LAWSUITS JUST WHAT THE PO NEEDS RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY ARE LOSING MONEY . I HAVE A IDEA PUT THE PEOPLE ON OWCP LIKE THEY SHOULD HAD BEEN FROM THE START SO THESE WHINNERS CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT THOSE WORKERS WHO COME TO WORK WHO DON’T WORK.

  54. besharpone on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 6:35 pm

    55. MplsP&DC Says:
    March 31st, 2009 at 9:49 am
    heard it before and will hear it again same story over and over but I still see all the scammers sitting around drooling and feeling sorry for themself, I bust my ass on the DBCS every day and do so with a bad back but I got something called pride. For $25 an hour with no education one should expect some strain on their body, and nothing makes my day worse than seeing the same so called injured people walk by day after day for years with a smile on their face!
    they should be thrown out on their asses, and I for one would love to be the one to rip the badges off their damn necks

    It isn’t “pride”, it is STUPIDITY!!!

    If you are stupid enough to injury your back on the DBCS and continue working, that is your stupidity. Don’t blame other injured workers for you being stupid.

    That is why the system is in place…to protect and compensate injured workers.

    Too many people like you are more worried about what idiots like those posting here will think of you, rather than being concerned about your own health.

    You are probably sucking up to management as well, thinking that they give a damn about your working with an injured back. They will still try to find some way to get rid of you anyway.

    It is that or you are to dumb to understand how to process a claim, so you just keep huring yourself and fooling yourself into believing that it has anything to do with pride.

    I am an injured worker and don’t give a damn what you and the other idiots think.

    As for this program, let the USPS try. There is already a class action law suit pending and I am sure that there will be more.

    It does not bother me in the least what they do.

    What is the excuse for you lazy bums who are totally healthy but still don’t do anything?

  55. injured smile on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 11:47 pm

    56. All my injured co-worker keep you head up. those idiot dont realize that they job is not save we have extra benefitsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

  56. besharpone on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 4:07 am

    57. JEFFRO, your comments only show how uninformed you are. There is no requirement that an injured worker submit for a fitness for duty exam every 30 days.

    That is FMLA, buddy! Get your facts straight!

    No, it is the PO’s fault that employees are being injured on machines that they are well aware of causing injuries.

    That one guy with the “bad back” and proud of it, also seems to be proud that he is “uneducated”, which explains a lot about why he keeps suffering and chocking it up to “pride”.

    It is because he is uneducated and does not understand his rights nor does he have any clue to how to go about rectifying his condition, so he calls it “pride”.

    Now, you want to talk about “fitness for duty”. What about those who come to work drunk and/or on drugs? Should they take a fitness exam too?

    Should you take one everytime you use sick leave for three days whenever you want to take some time off from work, knowing full well that you are not sick?

    I will be more that happy to take one. The PO would be doing me a favor. Based on their fitness exam, I could then go ahead and apply for disability retirement.

    The problem with you and the other clowns here complaining is that you are so busy worrying about those on limited or light duty that you cannot see the things that you do yourself that takes advantage of the system.

    You are really concerned only because you think that someone is getting over where you are not.

    There is not one person who can honestly say he truly earns what he is being paid by the postal service. Some of you would like to think you do though.

    Typical postal service mentality.

  57. snooks on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 10:52 am

    58. How about all the scabs that let everyone else pay union dues. Aren’t they getting a free ride at dues paying members expense? The list could go on and on. It would be nice if everyone could mind their business!

  58. limited duty employee says on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 11:48 am

    59. to time to make a change,

    Do you know the difference between an injury and an occupational desease? Don’t think you do. An injury is when you break or sprain a part of your body and it heals with time. An occupational desease is caused from working years at the Post Office doing repetitive work or motions over and over again. Maybe you should do your homework before assuming every injured employee is slacking off. An occupational desease never heals, you moron! Ask a Doctor he’ll tell you. And as far as injured employees lifting grocery bags coming to work, how do you know how much their carry? Didn’t ever lift 5 bags, that only weighed 5 pounds? Did you go over to that employee and lift their bags or put them on the scale to check the weight? Maybe, there restrictions saids, they can lift up to 20 pounds, but not constantly. So before you start judging other employees, please do your homework.

  59. Blessed! on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 1:17 pm

    60. Besharpone and Limited duty employee..Blessed says Amen! You are on it!

  60. Mohamed Mohamed on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 5:40 pm

    61. Please my friends, in the middle east you never hear of such things. We have no IODs in our post offices. We allah work together. FMLA? What is this FMLA. The Koran says nothing of FMLA.

  61. Dr. Kill Patient on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 5:42 pm

    62. Limited duty employee is right. He may never fully heal from his “injuries”. If only he had followed the proper work procedures set up by his employer he wouldn’t be in the position he is in now. Let that be a lesson to you all. Where are Davey and Goliath when you need them?

  62. Fred on Sat, 4th Apr 2009 6:03 pm

    63. If an injured worker gets sent home because the postal service failed to provide limited duty that worker gets paid 75% of his salary tax free. The money is paid to the injured worker by the Dept. of Labor. The Dept of Labor then bills the postal service for every penny that the injured worker collects plus and expenses incureed that are related to his injury. the postal service must pay for any physical therapy, medication and doctor bills. If the DOL rehabs the injured worker then the USPS picks up the tab for retraining. Those benefits are mandated by the Federal Employment Compensation Act (FECA). So,in most cases when the postal service sends an injured worker home they are just giving that worker a paid permanent vacation. The worker never gets rehabed into a new job or returns to work anywhere.

    Also, if the postal service is not careful in their treatment of injured employees they may face federal age discrimination lawsuits and expensive EEO complaints. Sending an injured worker home without making every effort to find that worker a job within his limitations violates the Rehabilitation Act. Injured workers have rights that are covered by Federal Law and when the postal sevice violates those same laws it can get very expensive.

  63. John on Sun, 5th Apr 2009 5:38 am

    64. I understand that at times people do get hurt on the job. I just do not understand how they NEVER get better. The body heals after time. Football players break bones and are back playing a VIOLENT sport within a year tops. We have people who sprained thier back 10 years ago that cannot throw box mail? We really need to start challenging the doctors that provide these restrictions.

  64. vasiliki on Sun, 5th Apr 2009 2:16 pm

    65. For those of you who have lumped all injured employees into one group of lazy”rehabs” may you be the next one who gets hurt. Then you will know what it is like. Sure there are people who are faking, but there are legitimately injured employees – and you know it- who have had surgical intervention which has changed the course of their lives- it continues when you go home you know! It affects your life even when you are not at work-duh. If you have actual proof of fraud this is the email address- hotline@uspsoig.gov- Either report someone for fraud or shut up ! Actual injured employees do not like fakers either.

  65. 21+ on Mon, 6th Apr 2009 7:49 pm

    66. Well said vasiliki: people start calling what you waiting on……………..

  66. 21+ on Mon, 6th Apr 2009 7:55 pm

    67. John Says:
    April 5th, 2009 at 5:38 am

    I understand that at times people do get hurt on the job. I just do not understand how they NEVER get better. The body heals after time. Football players break bones and are back playing a VIOLENT sport within a year tops. We have people who sprained thier back 10 years ago that cannot throw box mail? We really need to start challenging the doctors that provide these restrictions.

    Some people don’t heal because the nature of the illness prevents that say a Degenerative Disc in the spinal cord If I could only take back half the crap I dished out to a Limited Duty employee I would and it has happened to me so all you people take note never cast stones in a glass house because sooner or later you may end up the same take it from me it no fun in a wheelchair.

  67. injured in texas on Tue, 7th Apr 2009 7:50 am

    68. i started with the usps 30 yrs ago as a mailhandler, I”VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF HARD WORK:
    I GAVE THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION MY BODY> after six
    (6) SURGURIES I DON’T FEEL THAT I SHOULD PROVE TO
    ANY ONE THAT I’M INJURED. AT TIMES I WISH EVERYONE OF YOU THAT ARE CRITICAL OF LD EMPLOYEES
    WOULD INJURY YOURSELVES, BUT I’M NOT THAT KIND OF
    PERSON.

    I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST—-GOD BLESS U

  68. PostalPam on Thu, 9th Apr 2009 1:28 pm

    69. To 21+ … tell these people! I’ve worked since 12 years old…never afraid of a hard days work Since injured on the job at the USPS, I have been subjected to many intrusions that the average employee would not be. USPS OJI employees are subject to much more scrutiny not only by management, but by government entities and union ‘brothers’ as well. I was assaulted by a manager after a cervical disc extrusion injury on the job. The manager continued to receive all his bonuses, raises and allowed to retire on full retirement pay (unlike the ‘No Tolerance’ policy). These people have no idea what awful fate awaits them upon reporting an ‘On the Job Injury’. Take care, my brother.

  69. SHAME SHAME on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 9:11 pm

    70. YOU PEOPLE THAT BAD MOUTH OTHERS SHOULD LOOK OUT,SOMETHING JUST MIGHT FALL ON YOU.YES THERE ARE SOME THAT ABUSE THE SYSTEM BUT THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE REALLY INJURED AND ARE IN PAIN EVERY DAY.
    SO GET A CLUE AND STOP DOWNING OTHERS BEFORE THE GOOD LORD GETS YOU!

  70. Agape on Mon, 20th Apr 2009 8:03 am

    71. AFCS.DBCS,AI,DIOSS,FSM1000 2PASS,(foreign language)?Not. Some of you guys need to get out of (Mayberry),Their acronyms for high speed mega thru put mail processing machines used at mail processing plants,that are causing crippling injuries.Some of which you never recover from.So let the violins play and leave the injured alone.

  71. William Geoffrion on Tue, 5th May 2009 2:27 pm

    72. I have great news for all Postal employees that have had their hours reduced. If you file with your local unemployment office for benefits due to reduced hours you will in FACT receive benefits.

    What really makes this awesome is the USPS does not contribute to unemployment therefore every dollar you are given from unemployment will have to be paid back by the USPS dollar for dollar.

    They want to play well lets play back. Please inform ALL employees who’s hours have been cut that they are entitled to file for unemployment in their state and receive benefits for reduced hours.

    Any questions call me at the Franklin, MASS Post Office. Bill Geoffrion PTF Clerk (Fighting Back) 504-541-0148

  72. William Geoffrion on Tue, 5th May 2009 2:29 pm

    73. CORRECTION to phone number above 508-541-0148

  73. no letter's to mail on Tue, 12th May 2009 4:48 pm

    74. I can’t believe the stuff I’ve read, and you call yourself a human being. When I started 20 yrs. ago I was so proud of what I represented those first two words United States. That really meant something to work for the Postal Service. It’s a shame that ignorant lonely and immature people continue to bash there co-workers, do you really think injuries stop when you clock out. Dame fools they continue through the rest of the day everyday. Would you like to tell my kids they couldn’t eat this week because mommy was being sent home with no pay because she worked her ass off for 20 yrs. and this was the thanks she got. How about if I sent you some of my bills or better yet would you feel better if my kids and I were homeless. That would fix things, right? Ignorance!!! “Carma” always bites you in the ass. So before you bash or think you know someones pain remember ” It could be you”!!!

  74. P. N. on Mon, 18th May 2009 12:39 am

    75. Like some of you have said, you never know, but the day just might come when it will be you who is injured. Don’t be like heartless management which treats injured workers so coldly. You should have compassion toward those who are truly injured. Being injured causes losses in many ways that you are probably unaware of. The last thing an injured person needs is to be put down by coworkers who do not have any idea what it is like to lose physical abilities. I wish all injured employees the best.

  75. only Human on Sun, 24th May 2009 8:38 pm

    76. no two are alike. No injury the same, yet easy to judge when you are not the injured party. Support those who are injured and if you are, dont put yourself in a position to where you cant do nothing. Only you know your limitations and you should make it known. We all have to endure pain to a point and only you know how much you can push until you need rest. Dont look down on those who are not 100%, but yet to us who are less than, do the best you can for the task we have been given. Love your job and help one another best you can.

  76. shocked beyond belief on Tue, 2nd Jun 2009 7:22 am

    77. I was a rural carrier for 16 years before being injured. I am now a modified clerk and have been for 10 years. I am full time and work 8 hours a day and I DO WORK. I was interviewed by the NRP pilot program team which is made up of area postmasters last week. The offered me 1 hour a day. It is an insult. They give you OWCP paper but I heard no one yet has been pay by OWCP. I have put in for unemployment. I am still in shock and don’t really no what is going to happen to me. I am afraid I will loose my home now. I have a lawyer and I have the union working with me but it beyond belief this can happen to anyone. I have recieved cash bonuses from the postmaster for appreciation for the work I do and now they are saying they have no work for me. I am 52 due to retire soon. In this economy where does someone my age go. Has anyone else out there been successful with OWCP???

  77. no letters to mail on Thu, 11th Jun 2009 5:16 pm

    78. call your claims examiner about your money let them know that you are human and that you don’t live on bread and water this number might help you 415-625-7500 and you can check status on ca7 at 1-866-692-7487

  78. no letters to mail on Thu, 11th Jun 2009 5:25 pm

    79. can you still collect unemployment if you recieve money from workers comp? I wish they would started this along time ago. Getting paid to be at home doing all the stuff I wasn’t able to finish on my day off and the trips to the beach, My kids in joying all the homemade meals. Dam the NRP there smart what will they think of next. You go you expert you!!!!!

  79. usps clerk on Mon, 22nd Jun 2009 5:44 am

    80. Perhaps if management would delegate work in their offices fairly instead of piling a majority of the heavy work on one or two clerks, injuries would be far less in associate offices. I started with USPS completely fit and healthy. Now I have severe back strain and increasingly aggressive arthritis in my lower back. Doc says at the rate I’m going I may be permanently disabled in 5 yrs–and I’m not even close to 50 yrs. old!! Even tho our associate offices have no particular assigned duties for PTF’s, they seem to have designated me as the heavy work employee. Anyone who has never had back problems (i.e. having your back go completely out and all you can do is lay flat and cry because even breathing in and out hurts!) will not/can not possibly understand. I have worked hard since the age of 15 and am not afraid of hard work. But when work delegations are unfair and there are four other clerks in your office that do NOTHING (yes, nothing) and you’re left to pick up the slack, what then??? I have never missed a day of work in the past with any employer I’ve ever worked for until four years into my career with USPS. Too bad the powers that be can’t do a management overhaul.

  80. Barbara on Mon, 22nd Jun 2009 5:58 am

    81. I was on limited duty for a long time because I got hurt on the SBPS machine, and believe me after I got hurt I sure couldnt go back to working there. Then when they got the killer machine in there, nope never could I even think of working there. I had a manual job but they would shove you over to do these jobs so I had to stay on limited duty. Lucky for me, I got a station job and was doing 90% of the jobs there, so when the reassessment team came to our area, I decided to go back to full duty seeing that i was doing 90% anyway. Well I have to work slower than some of the others, and that pisses off my staion manager alot. In fact she has been nasty to me since I came to that station even though I am trying and there every day. Anyway I have to be careful, and lift things in a careful manner to avoid any further injury. However Its been almost a yr and I am doing ok. Lucky its only manual jobs there because I certainly couldnt go back to the machines. I am hoping I can afford to just say GOODBYE SUCKERS in 3-4 more years. Its been a real hellhole at that PO! Managers treat the hurt workers all like we are lying.

  81. Barbara on Mon, 22nd Jun 2009 6:02 am

    82. Time to make a change: I too saw people who couldnt even lift a tray at 5lbs and I would see them walking in carrying alot of stuff. Even though I got hurt I really believe there are scammers in the system and unfortunately that hurt all of us. There really needed to be a change, and some needed to be put back to full duty. One lady had a tummy tuck and was on light duty for a yr. Get real!!!!!!!!!

  82. shocked beyond belief on Mon, 22nd Jun 2009 9:28 am

    83. There are scammers everywhere and they hurt it for the rest of us. I am home hopeing to get my workers comp since I have been denied unemployment because I am useing my leave. I have a meeting with the DRAC team next week. My lawyers are trying to get me my job back stating that I can use my left arm to sort etc. The PO said I am not allowed to use my left arm. Funny I have been doing it for years as my postmaster watched and pushed me to do things beyond my limitations. I always went the extra mile. Did whatever. Figured if I got hurt I would grieve it after. I was careful not to pick up anything heavy. I needed my job! I did more work in my office than the postmaster. He sits on the phone all day and plays on the computer. I did my clerk work and his work. I went home everyday in pain. Funny, 4 years ago I was given a $300 bonus with a letter of apprecation for a job well done from the POOM. I would like my job back but I really don’t want to work for the postal service anymore. I am trusting the union and the lawyers and I sit home hopeing and praying OWCP comes through. The post office is telling OWCP to challenge my compensation — nice aren’t they–because they offered me a 1 hour a day job. They wanted me to travel an 1/2 hour (one way) for an hour. I did it for a week and I was usually sent home before my hour. They are just tormenting me. The union told me to refuse the job offer because the law says that reasonable job accomadations are 4 hrs daily. That is what owcp claims. So I still sit and wait hopeing I do not lost everything that I have worked so hard for over the years. HAS ANYONE OUT THERE GOTTEN OWCP AFTER BEING REMOVED BY THE NRP TEAM???

  83. old and broken down on Tue, 30th Jun 2009 8:12 pm

    84. I to am an injured carrier. worked for 22 years as a carrier. I have had two shoulder surgeries, and need another one. I have had two carpel tunnels surgeries and have tennis elbow. I have severe tendonitis. I was one of the “lucky” carriers to have been through the NRP process I lost all my seniority when they transferred me to the clerk craft. Now I have been transferred again into the mail handler craft as the building I was transferred into closed.I am now on the bottom of the seniority list again through no fault of my own. I too do not like the people who are faking their injuries as this makes it all the more harder for those of us who are truly injured. I went through a very hard time to prove my case with work comp and to be treated as a faker by my fellow employees is an insult. If any one of you knows the pain and discomfort that I must deal with every day, and yes it does not “go away” when I clock out, you would not say some of the things you do. I was harassed for years by my fellow carriers and one particular fellow was relentless with his harassment until one day he became injured. I do not wish any ill will on anyone, but be wise and understand it could happen to any one of you.

  84. besharpone on Sat, 18th Jul 2009 3:58 pm

    85. For all of you Holier Than Thou folks who wreak with integrity…you know, the one’s who come to work everyday just to get paid, but don’t do a damned thing while you are there…your day is coming.

    Some of you doing all of the complaining are probably the one’s who spend more time worrying about what other’s are perceived to be not doing rather than doing your own job.

    You come in on 4 hrs overtime and spend most of it in the break room or yapping your gums…and we all know how hard employees on the DBCS’s really work, don’t we.

    I have never seen any poster worker break a sweat doing anything, except the obese one’s who cannot walk two steps without sweating.

    Otherwise, no one really has a damned thing to complain about when it comes to work. How many healthy workers do you see doing everything they can to avoid working?

    Hell, even with medical restrictions, many injured workers work harder than the lazy, healthy bums like those who come here bitching about injured workers.

  85. Anonymous on Wed, 29th Jul 2009 8:51 am

    86. no letters to mail: have you gotten compensation of any kind? I have been out since may 28th 9due to the nrp team)and have gotten nothing and heard nothing from comp. I check by calling and it says my claim still hasn’t been reviewed. I am afraid that I will not get anything and therefore loose everything. I was given a job offer of an hour a day and I refused because my travel was more time than that. the union told me to refuse it because DOL says a reasonable job offer has to be at least 4 hours a day. Now I sit and wait. I have a 60% disability in my right arm/hand. they said I couldn’t use my left???? that’s what I have been doing for 10 years as they watched. 27 years of service–I was a good employee and this is wwhat I get because I was injured.

  86. no letter's to mail on Wed, 29th Jul 2009 8:58 pm

    87. Anonymous: Yes I’ve been getting paid I recieve a check once a week, one from the post office and the next week I recieve a deposite from OWCP. Call your worker comp office were ever you are ask them what’s going on. Are you sending your Ca 7 and your time analysis form in? If you are then you need to call workers comp, they might have the wrong claim number. This happened to a friend of mine she finally got it straightened out, but you need to stay on top of it. Don’t you have a steward in that office? Make him do his job you need to be firm and stedfast or these bastards will step all over you, fight for your rights this is America!!!

  87. shocked beyond belief on Tue, 4th Aug 2009 4:47 pm

    88. I HAVE BEEN CALLING OWCP AND IT SAYS MY CLAIM IS OPEN FOR MEDICAL BUT THE CASE HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED.I HAVE ASKED TO HAVE MY CLAIMS EXAMINER CALL BUT HE HASN’T. THEY HAD TOLD ME 6-10 WEEKS IF MY CLAIM WAS ACCEPTED. i CALL WEEKLY. MY ARM WAS EXCEPTED AND HAS BEEN CONTINOUSLY MEDICALLY PAID FOR BUT NOW THAT THE NRP TEAM HAS OUSTED ME I HAVE NOT GOTTEN COMPENSATION. I AM SCARED, MY CREDIT HAS BEEN RUINED AND THINGS ARE GETTING REAL TOUGH. I SEND IN MY PAPER WORK EVERY TWO WEEKS LIKE I AM SUPPOSED TO AND THEY HAVE RECIEVED IT ALL.