USPS Overtime on the Rise

Many Postal Service employees report working longer hours recently, and the statistics back them up. Overtime hours have increased more than 11 percent this fiscal year vs. the same period last year even though the workforce is smaller. Complaints about letter carriers out delivering mail until 8 p.m. may not be isolated cases. Payroll statistics the U.S. Postal Service released yesterday indicate that overtime hours per full-time city delivery carrier have increased more than 20 percent over last year.

Part-time city carriers are also keeping busy, working nearly one hour of overtime for every six of straight time