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	<title>PostalReporter News Blog &#187; Injured On Duty</title>
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		<title>Retired Postal Worker Fights To Get Job Back After 20 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/05/retired-postal-worker-fights-to-get-job-back-after-20-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Johnson worked for the United States Postal Service from 1960 until he accepted an early retirement offer on November 20, 1992, at age 52. The following is from the Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit  and the MSPB. JOHNSON v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD CHARLES G. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent. No. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Ends National Reassessment Process (NRP) For Injured On Duty Postal Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/08/usps-ends-national-reassessment-process-nrp-for-injured-on-duty-postal-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From PostalReporter.com reader: National Reassessment Process is Dead! Finally!  The attached notice is all we&#8217;re going to get?  Note that the phrase “adequate work” has replaced NRP’s “necessary work.”  This is consistent with ELM 546.  The MSPB picked up on that. As PostalReporter.com reported several months ago, USPS is referring to NRP as ELM 546. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSPB Accepting Amicus Briefs in Postal Workers&#8217; National Reassessment Process Cases</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/06/mspb-accepting-amicus-briefs-in-postal-workers-national-reassessment-process-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a PostalReporter.com reader for alerting us to this notice. The Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) has announced an opportunity for interested parties to file amicus briefs (Literally, friend of the court. A person with strong interest in or views on the subject matter of an action, but not a party to the action) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO seeking public help in finding Employees abusing Federal Workers&#8217; Comp Program</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/07/14/gao-seeking-help-from-public-in-reporting-employees-abusing-federal-workers-comp-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GAO issued the following press release: Believe You’ve Seen Evidence of Workers’ Compensation Fraud? Contact GAO Abuse of benefits by federal employees can be reported anonymously WASHINGTON, DC (July 14, 2011) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is investigating fraud and abuse in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program. Specifically, GAO is looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Injured postal worker fights for medical benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Jerome Garrett is fighting for federal medical benefits.Garrett had been working at the Hapeville postal facility for 16 years. Then, in April 2009, a 100-pound box full of mail fell from an overhead conveyor belt and hit him in the head.The incident left Garrett with a broken neck that went unnoticed for some time, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NALC: We Cannot Support Sen. Collins Federal Workers Comp Reform Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 2, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to reform the federal government’s workers’ compensation program. Her bill, the Federal Workers’ Compensation Reform Act of 2011, would require a “transition” to regular Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees Retirement System [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Collins Introduces Federal Workers&#8217; Comp Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Collins&#8217; Bill Would End Perverse Incentives Keeping People on a More Lucrative System into Retirement Years February 2, 2011 Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today introduced legislation to stop the costly and escalating abuses of the federal workers&#8217; compensation system. The Federal Employment Compensation Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSPB: USPS National Reassessment Process Must Find Work For Injured Employees In Commuting Area</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/10/30/mspb-usps-national-reassessment-process-must-find-work-for-injured-employees-in-commuting-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More MSPB cases filed by Postal Workers were remanded during the month of October. The cases were remanded because the Postal Service’s job search under the National Reassessment Process was limited to installations within a single district and failed to include the entire commuting area as required by 5 C.F.R. § 353.301(d). Each decision cited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland: Postal Employees Injured On Job Continue To Be Placed Off-Duty</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/05/03/oakland-postal-employees-injured-on-job-continue-to-placed-off-duty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/05/03/oakland-postal-employees-injured-on-job-continue-to-placed-off-duty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 06:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thanksgiving Ambush Oakland Postal management hit injured employees with &#8220;shock and awe&#8221; tactics better suited to the battlefield. Starting a few days before Thanksgiving of 2009, management started to place injured on duty employees off duty. The expected Phase 2 interviews never took place:   employees were called aside, allowed to clean out their lockers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Injured Letter Carrier Fired For Failing To Report Income From Rock Band</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/04/13/injured-letter-carrier-fired-for-failing-to-report-income-from-rock-band/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illinois Letter Carrier fired for failing to report income earned playing bass guitar for a rock band called BANG! Truhlar sued the Postal Service and NALC Branch. TRUHLAR v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE KENNETH T. TRUHLAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 09-1652. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued December [...]]]></description>
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