WILG FECA Section Concludes Seminar in DC; NRP Class Action Discrimination Damage Claims Proceed
Last month, WILG FECA Section members from around the country, including me, met in Washington, DC for a seminar that...
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EEOC voids all Postal Service denials of individual damage claims in NRP class action
In an order dated 11/07/2018, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ordered the U. S. Postal Service to vacate (void)...
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WILG continues meeting with USDOL and OPM decision-makers
In mid-April, my partner Dan Goodkin and I, as members of the FECA [Federal Employees' Compensation Act] Section of WILG...
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U. S. Postal Service National Reassessment Process (“NRP”) is found to be discriminatory, and damage claims can be filed now.
More than ten years ago, the Postal Service started a program in which it "reassessed" the duties of its employees...
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WILG FECA Section members meet with Western Region OWCP leaders
As mentioned in previous newsletters, it is one thing to know the law and quite another to watch how it...
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Unpredictability of OWCP decisions in FECA claims creates uncertainty that hurts productivity and employee morale.
In our practice representing federal employees, we find it is one thing to know the law and quite another to...
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ECAB continues to issue inscrutable decisions in FECA claims
ECAB continues to issue inscrutable decisions in FECA claims that mask due process constitutional problems. It is frustrating, to say...
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OWCP clarifies schedule award procedures
OWCP clarifies schedule award procedures, including how pre-existing or nonindustrial medical conditions affect these important permanent disability awards. There have been...
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A string of positive ECAB decisions may signal a trend toward more fair appeals rulings in FECA cases.
Over the past few months we have received about a half dozen positive decisions from the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board in Washington...
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How the Social Security Administration paid $30,000 for a $75 space heater for one of its employees
This is a story of how bureaucratic intransigence and, one could say, stupidity resulted in prolonged hardship for a federal...
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FECA practitioners merge into one unified bar group
At the annual convention of WILG (Workers' Injury Lw and Advocacy Group) in Arizona last month, the country's two groups...
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Another small step in the right direction at ECAB
We recently received a decision issued by the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB) that might signal its willingness to look more carefully...
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Here’s just one more horrible decision
Here's just one more horrible decision (they keep coming) issued by the U. S. Department of Labor (USDOL) in its...
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Here’s still another “headscratcher” decision issued by the U. S. Department of Labor (USDOL) in its Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program
A client just came into our office with this one. Back in December the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB) issued...
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Yet another “headscratcher” decision is issued by the U. S. Department of Labor (USDOL) in its Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program.
Yet another "headscratcher" decision is issued by the U. S. Department of Labor (USDOL) in its Federal Employees' Compensation Act...
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The “exception that proves the rule” – How one OWCP claims examiner got it right in a FECA claim.
Sometimes we have so many problems dealing with USDOL's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) in Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA)...
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Without telling anyone, USDOL institutes an unjustified rule that disadvantages injured workers covered by the FECA program
We have discovered a highly questionable policy change by USDOL's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) regarding the way it calculates certain...
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ECAB continues to issue outrageous decisions rejecting medical reports as “not rationalized” in FECA claims.
In FECA (federal workers' compensation) claims, the highest legal authority for claims decisions is the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)....
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Common misconceptions about federal disability retirement under FERS
Common misconceptions about federal disability retirement under FERS There are many reasons why injured federal employees do not believe they...
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Practitioners Explain Strong Objections to Using AMA Guides 6th Edition in FECA claims
Practitioners Explain Strong Objections to Using Guides 6th Edition By Elizabeth A. Morrow, Esq., cyber FEDS® Special Projects Editor ASK...
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