By Frank Ferreri, February 14, 2023 As the old year came to a close, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) issued a Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) Bulletin (No. 23-02, to be exact) announcing changes that would be...
By Frank Ferreri, November 15, 2022 Let’s say an employee who is going about her business on the job slips and falls, resulting in an injury for which she files a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Someone at the agency thinks that it wasn’t work that...
By Frank Ferreri, March 15, 2022 As with just about everything employment-related, COVID-19 continues to have a shifting impact on the federal workers’ compensation landscape, with the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs pivoting in its guidance to meet the...
By Frank Ferreri, May 19, 2021 With the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) looking to make it easier for Federal employees diagnosed with COVID-19 to file workers’ compensation claims, the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has put together updated guidance for...
By Frank Ferreri, April 20, 2021 The one constant that has emerged in the COVID-19 era is that things will change, and such has been the case with Federal workers’ compensation coverage. Early on in the pandemic, the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs made it...
By Frank Ferreri, January 11, 2021 Notable federal employees — like the National Institute of Health’s Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins – have rolled up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine, signaling the start of another “new normal” sure to define 2021:...
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