Last Updated on July 14, 2010 by FERS Disability Attorney
Many people rely upon the “generosity” of FECA (OWCP) payments during the period of temporary total disability, and indeed, being tax free and paying 75% of one’s salary (with dependents) or 66 2/3% without, one can easily become reliant upon such benefits. But being on OWCP does not protect the Federal or Postal Worker from being administratively separated from service for extended absences, or for one’s medical inability to perform the essential elements of one’s job, or “unavailability for duty” or other similar basis, to promote the efficiency of the Federal Service. The agency needs someone to fill the position and do the job.
Normally, at a fairly early stage in one’s period of enduring and suffering from a medical condition or injury, one can assess the nature, extent and severity of the medical condition. With that in mind, it is a good idea to begin thinking about filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS. The security of OWCP benefits is attractive; however, OWCP is not a retirement address. FECA will “cut off” the benefits at some point — unless you are somehow lost in the black hole of their payment roster, which happens periodically. However, there are too many horror stories of a Federal employee who stayed on OWCP, was separated from Federal Service, never filed for Federal Disability Retirement benefits within 1 year of being separated, and then one day received a fateful phone call…
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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