When Emotional Stress Can (and Can’t) Support a Workers Comp Claim
By Frank Ferreri, August 14, 2023 Unless you’re one of a few lucky workers, chances are that, at times, work brings a little stress into your life. While some workplace angst and frustration is a normal part of life, there are times when it becomes so severe that,...New Processing Rules for COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims Take Effect
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...Year in Review: Top FELTG Newsletter Stories of 2022
By Dan Gephart, December 13, 2022 Happy Holidays FELTG Nation! Welcome to the fourth annual year-end News Flash, where we unveil the most popular FELTG newsletter stories (based on the number of reads and forwards) of the previous 12 months. The 2021 Year in Review...Can Agencies Drug Test Injured Workers?
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...Upcoming Events
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