Under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA), federal workers are entitled to a number of benefits if they have been injured while at work. FECA provides benefits for persons suffering from occupational illness, as well
When a Work-Related Injury Prevents You from Doing Your Former Job Under FECA (the Federal Employees Compensation Act), federal workers have a right to seek benefits for work-related injuries. If, as a part of the
Just as private and state workers do, injured federal workers have a right to pursue workers’ compensation benefits. For federal employees, those benefits are usually available under the provisions of the Federal Employees Compensation Act
It happens more than you would think. You suffer an injury on the job as a federal employee, under circumstances where responsibility seems clear, but your application for federal workers’ compensation benefits is denied. Where
Federal Employees and Maritime Injuries Under federal law, maritime workers who are not sailors or seamen can seek workers’ compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), a federal statute passed into
So you’ve been hurt working for a federal agency or employer and need to file a workers’ compensation claim…you may have no idea what the process looks like and when you might expect to see
If you were employed in the nuclear power or weapons industry in New Mexico, there’s a chance that you are entitled to compensation under a federal workers’ compensation program. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act is a federal workers compensation program designed to provide benefits to individuals who contracted an occupational disease through exposure to toxic chemicals or substances while working in
The Federal Black Lung Program, administered by the Division of Coal Minne Workers’ Compensation, is a federal program that serves coal miners and their survivors who are currently receiving federal workers’ compensation benefits, or who
According to a study conducted by the Veterans Administration, more than 2,400 nurses in veteran’s hospitals suffered serious injury in 2014 just from lifting patients. The agency also found that VA hospitals spent more than
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