Editorial by Attorney Robert R. McGill, an exclusive to PostalReporter.com In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, one of the issues which always must be confronted is whether or not the U.S. Postal Service can accommodate an individual’s medical conditions, and the letters which are issued by the […]
“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 […]
One Defendant Admits Receiving Nearly $175,000 by Submitting/False Fraudulent Mileage Claims DALLAS — Two former U.S. Postal Service letter carriers from the Dallas area have been indicted, in unrelated cases, on charges of stealing government funds with regard to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (OWCP) claims they filed, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks […]
And Defrauding Other Insurers Out $1.4 MILLION The following is a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office,Northern District of Illinois CHICAGO — A chiropractor who owned and operated a clinic in Maywood for more than a decade was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to healthcare […]
The Office Of Workers’ Compensation Programs has laid out several reforms for FECA. Below is the prepared testimony of Acting Director Gary Steinberg for April 13, 2011 House Subcommittee Hearing On FECA:
USPS IG says Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) has become a ‘lucrative retirement plan’ The USPS Office of the Inspector General David C. Williams prepared testimony for April 13, 2011 hearing before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives on “Federal Employees’ […]
Postal Supervisor Claimed A Hostile Work Environment aggravated his medical condition and USPS failed to investigate. The following facts are based upon the allegations in John Pell’s amended complaint filed in the United States District Court and information from the EEOC case. Pell is a former employee of the USPS who worked at the Framingham, […]
SYRACUSE, New York — A former U.S. Postal Service employee from Prospect was indicted Wednesday on federal worker’s compensation charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse said. Kimberly Morris, 36, allegedly falsely claimed that a work-related injury prevented her from performing any duties with the Postal Service between April 4 and June 3, 2010, when she […]
Sen. Collins’ 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’ compensation system. The Federal Employment Compensation Act […]
The USPS Office Of Inspector General asked readers the following question: What can the Postal Service do to reduce workers’ compensation costs? In fiscal year 2009, the Postal Service workers’ compensation expense was approximately $2.2 billion, an 81 percent increase from $1.2 billion in FY 2008. These costs include $55 million in DOL administrative fees […]