Last Updated on September 5, 2022 by FERS Disability Attorney
“But I am on OWCP,” the caller insists. “But that wasn’t the question. The question is, are you still on the rolls of the agency?” “But OWCP has been paying me for the last 2 years and…”
The deceptiveness of being on OWCP and receiving payment from Worker’s Comp results in a feeling of security and lulls one into a sense of comfort. But receiving OWCP/FECA benefits does not mean that one cannot be separated from Federal Service. Indeed, many people continue to remain on OWCP rolls, receive the non-taxable benefit, and believe that, because they are on OWCP, this somehow means that they have not be separated from Federal Service. Beware. Be aware. While on OWCP, if the agency moves to separate you, that means that you have one (1) year from the date of separation to file for FERS Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Being “on” the rolls of OWCP does not stop, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the agency’s determination or right to separate the Federal or Postal employee in order to fill that position. Then, of course, once a person is separated, and over a year passes, one can no longer file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits, if over a year passes by, because under the law (what is called the “Statute of Limitations“), a Federal or Postal Service employee must file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits within one (1) year of being separated from Federal Service.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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