The postal service is being forced to make a massive prepayment for decades of pensions all at once. No regular business would even think of doing that on it's own. It's congress behaving stupidly as usual.
Also, it needs to stop the practice of employees purposely retiring early and then being hired back by friends as contractors. So they get both retirement benefits and then a second paycheck. If they leave, make it so they cannot be a contractor, would solve an expensive labor abuse.
I mail and receive small packages weekly that would be unaffordable (and mishandled) by UPS. I'd hate to lose Saturday delivery but it would be a bearable compromise among alternatives.
While it _seems_ bad to hire someone who's already receiving a pension, what's the alternative? Hiring someone else, who's unskilled, and _still_ paying the pension? Maybe the problem is the pension itself, not the double-dipping.
The problem is the person was offered early retirement to reduce costs.
If you hire someone outside the system you are reducing unemployment in a helpful way. The retired person is already doing just fine with benefits and medical coverage, give the outsider a help up.
Also, it needs to stop the practice of employees purposely retiring early and then being hired back by friends as contractors. So they get both retirement benefits and then a second paycheck. If they leave, make it so they cannot be a contractor, would solve an expensive labor abuse.
I mail and receive small packages weekly that would be unaffordable (and mishandled) by UPS. I'd hate to lose Saturday delivery but it would be a bearable compromise among alternatives.