USPS Ordered to Resume Overtime Pay, Late-Day Mail Deliveries

The U.S. Postal Service must ensure that election mail is delivered on time this fall, a federal judge in Washington held Thursday, ordering it to reverse its policy of not paying overtime and not allowing carriers to make late or extra trips.

The ruling against the agency follows a number of similar decisions from the federal bench, including one from New York in which the USPS was ordered to pre-approve overtime requests between Oct. 26 and Nov. 6.

The four plaintiffs in this suit—eligible voters from New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and New York—alleged the USPS’s no-overtime and no-extra trips policies ...