Federal Employees Workers Compensation Claims

Federal employee workers compensation claims areclaimant is not agreement with the disability rating, the
handled under the Federal Employment Compensationcase may be heard by an Administrative Law Judge. 
Act (FECA), which provides compensation forThe Office of Administrative Law Judges is a division
non-military, federal employees.  Many of FECAsof the U.S. Department of Labor.  These programs
provisions are typical of most state workersprovide services that may include wage replacement
compensation laws.  Awards for injured workers arebenefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and
limited to disability or death sustained while theother benefits to certain workers whom experience a
performance of the employee’s duties.  Federalwork-related injury or occupational disease or their
employee workers compensation claims can bedependents.
denied if it is found that the injuries were causedFECA is administered by the Office of Workers’
willfully by the employee or by intoxication.Compensation Programs (“OWCP”), which is a
FECA covers medical expenses resulting from on thedivision of the United States Department of Labor. 
job injuries and may require the employee to undergoThe OWCP administers four major disability
job retraining.  If an employee is unable to work, theyprograms:  federal workers, energy employees
receive two third of his or her normal salary during the(nuclear industry), longshore and harbor workers, and
period of disability.  Injured workers are also eligible forcoalminers.   These programs provide services that
compensation for permanent injuries, which can bemay include wage replacement benefits, medical
greater if there are dependents.  FECA also providestreatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to
compensation to families for employees who are killedcertain workers whom experience a work-related
on the job.  If an employee’s claim is denied or theinjury or occupational disease or their dependents.