Steven E. Brown, a Professional Law Corporation

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Employee’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 [...]

Information for Federal Employees About Schedule Awards under FECA
From: Steven E. Brown, A Professional Law Corporation
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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 [...]

National Reassessment Process -Information for U. S. Postal Service Employees
From: Steven E. Brown, A Professional Law Corporation
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If you are a Postal Service employee and have recently received a Notice like the one attached to this article (“Notice – Employees Without MSPB Appeal Rights” stating the Postal Service has no work available for [...]

It is imperative for a federal employee to always keep an eye on the deadlines for submitting a claim, in order to preserve his or her right to workers’ compensation or disability retirement benefits. We constantly get calls from clients who miss the deadline (one year after no longer being employed at their agency) for [...]

The fact that your claim for a work-related injury has been accepted by the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP) does not automatically entitle you to money. Before you can get paid you must prove that your work-related injury prevents you from doing your job. The most important thing you will need to provide to [...]

Hamic v. USPS, OWCP decision dated 03/6/07 – retroactive monetary and medical benefits awarded from 11/2004 to present based on successful challenge of a Second Opinion medical report that had claimed our client had recovered from a 2002 work injury.
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Here is one more typical example of a “stressful” work situation that recurs in our practice, which sometimes can lead to litigation or more serious problems.