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		<title>Materials from 2010 NELA Seminar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These materials were included in a presentation given by Steven Brown and Dan Goodkin at the 2010 National Employment Lawyers Association conference in Washington, D.C.. The presentation focused on utilizing FECA and FERS/CSRS as an alternative to or in conjunction with EEO claims and MSPB actions when the employee has a disability. 
NELA conference PowerPoint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/materials-from-2010-nela-seminar</link>
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		<title>What happens to your OWCP benefits if you resign or get fired?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s start with the easy question: What happens to your OWCP medical benefits if you resign or are terminated from your employment for cause? The answer is that nothing changes. You continue to be entitled to medical benefits for as long as you have a medical condition that is related to your industrial injury. That’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/what-happens-to-your-owcp-benefits-if-you-resign-or-get-fired</link>
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		<title>NRP – MSPB litigation regarding restoration rights for USPS workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   NRP – MSPB litigation regarding restoration rights for USPS workers
By: Steven E. Brown, A Professional Law Corporation
Voicemail: 1-805-496-9777; 1-800-USA-6927
	A union official recently asked us about whether a non-preference eligible, non-managerial U. S. Postal Service employee can file an MSPB appeal to challenge the Postal Service’s actions such as sending an employee home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/nrp-%e2%80%93-mspb-litigation-regarding-restoration-rights-for-usps-workers</link>
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		<title>ECAB Orders Pay Reinstated For Federal Law Enforcement Officer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Employee Compensation Appeals Board has ordered OWCP to reinstate the wage-loss compensation of a long time federal law enforcement officer who was injured in the line of duty.
His employer had offered him a temporary light duty assignment which his doctors had stated was outside of his physical capabilities. OWCP made an informal determination that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/ecab-orders-pay-reinstated-for-federal-law-enforcement-officer</link>
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		<title>Outline of Remarks &#8211; FWCLG Los Angeles Seminar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OUTLINE OF REMARKS – STEVEN E. BROWN
FEDERAL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LITIGATION GROUP SEMINAR, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 06/11-12/05
 
ADVERSE ACTION MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD APPEALS
Basic outline of jurisdiction
            Federal employees [1] who are given serious discipline [2] are entitled to appeal those personnel actions to the U. S. Merit Systems Protection Board.  This Board was created in 1978 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/outline-of-remarks-fwclg-los-angeles-seminar</link>
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		<title>Medical Evidence for Disability Retirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medical evidence needed for disability retirement applications under FERS or CSRS.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/medical-evidence-for-disability-retirement</link>
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		<title>National Reassessment Process discussed at workshop presented by APWU Miami Local</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Miami Local of the American Postal Workers Union held a workshop on Saturday August 15, 2009 to inform its members about their rights when their hours are cut or when they are sent home due to “no available work” by the Postal Service. About 50 employees and union stewards/officers attended.
Postal Service employees faced with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/national-reassessment-process-discussed-at-workshop-presented-by-apwu-miami-local</link>
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		<title>ECAB rules that Rural Carriers are covered driving to work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Employee&#8217;s Compensation Appeals Board has ruled that a rural carrier who was in a car accident on her way to work was in the performance of duty as she was driving the vehicle which she intended to use to deliver mail on the date of the accident. The accident resulted in the amputation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/ecab-rules-that-rural-carriers-are-covered-driving-to-work</link>
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		<title>Schedule Awards under FECA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Information for Federal Employees About Schedule Awards under FECA
From: Steven E. Brown, A Professional Law Corporation
Voicemail: 1-805-496-9777; 1-800-USA-6927
 
If you are a Federal (including U. S. Postal Service) civilian employee and have had an on-the-job injury or disease that resulted in permanent impairment to certain parts of your body, you may be entitled to a cash [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/schedule-awards-under-feca</link>
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		<title>National Reassessment Process at the Postal Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Reassessment Process -Information for U. S. Postal Service Employees 
From: Steven E. Brown, A Professional Law Corporation
Voicemail: 1-805-496-9777; 1-800-USA-6927
 
 
If you are a Postal Service employee and have recently received a Notice like the one attached to this article (“Notice &#8211; Employees Without MSPB Appeal Rights” stating the Postal Service has no work available for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.federal-law.com/national-reassessment-process-at-the-postal-service</link>
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