The U.S. Postal Service did not violate the federal Rehabilitation Act when it prevented an injured employee from returning to work until she could pass a series of physical examinations, a federal court has ruled.
Dorothea Washington worked as a bulk mail technician at a postal service office in Bedford Park, Illinois, court records show. She suffered a fractured femur outside of work in June 2010 that required surgery, and injured the same leg at work in September 2011 when she twisted her knee on the way to the bathroom.
Ms. Washington received workers compensation benefits for her work injury, and her doctor told the postal service that she could return to full-duty work as of November 2011, records show. However, court records show the postal service required her to undergo a series of medical examinations over several months before she could return to work, including a functional capacity examination and a fitness-for-duty examination.
The tests, which were delayed in part by scheduling conflicts with physicians, caused Ms. Washington to remain out of work without pay or health benefits for more than 365 days, according to a complaint filed by Ms. Washington in U.S. District Court in Rockford, Illinois. She opted for early retirement from the postal service in December 2012.
We had a guy that got a hernia carrying a cup of coffee.
How do you twist your knee , so badly, on the way to the bathroom that you can’t work?
you got to know how to play the game. Brennen started out as a mailman, went on IOD, and became PMG-that is how you game the system.
Just like circa 1970s Part time Flexies when “Supreme” ? Court ruled against us , BUT said USPS fibbed to us but didn’t want to saddle public with retroactive pay ? ? Never a winner for the fall guys !
Twisted her knee on the way to the potty? Evidently she cannot walk!
maybe she was chewing bubble gum.