If you work for the federal government and you’ve been hurt on the job, your employer’s first course of action may be to pursue and accommodation or reassign you to a different position. If that’s
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If you work for the federal government and you’ve been hurt on the job, your employer’s first course of action may be to pursue and accommodation or reassign you to a different position. If that’s
Just as private and state workers do, injured federal workers have a right to pursue workers’ compensation benefits. For federal employees, those benefits are usually available under the provisions of the Federal Employees Compensation Act
Federal Employees and Maritime Injuries Under federal law, maritime workers who are not sailors or seamen can seek workers’ compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), a federal statute passed into
If you were employed in the nuclear power or weapons industry in New Mexico, there’s a chance that you are entitled to compensation under a federal workers’ compensation program. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
The Federal Black Lung Program, administered by the Division of Coal Minne Workers’ Compensation, is a federal program that serves coal miners and their survivors who are currently receiving federal workers’ compensation benefits, or who
To meet the situs requirement, your injury must have occurred either on a ship/boat/vessel, or somewhere where boats or watercraft are docked. This could be a wharf, dock, pier or terminal—injuries at or near any
Division of Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Injury Benefits If you have suffered an injury or illness while working on the navigable waters of the United States, or in any area that adjoins the navigable
If you have worked in the coal mines and you’ve contracted black lung or some other occupational disease, you may be eligible for medical benefits under the Federal Black Lung Program, which is operated and
The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.[/caption]The United States Department of Defense, in acknowledgement of the many disabilities suffered by active duty military personnel,
The United States Department of Defense offers a number of recruitment and outreach programs through its Recruitment Assistance Division (RAD), providing a means by which civilians may find employment there. These include: The STAR program—The