Federal Worker Disability Retirement: The Irony of Favorable Laws
In certain areas of “the law”, statutes, regulations and case-laws have developed which tend to favor the individual seeking to obtain a benefit through such laws. […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
In certain areas of “the law”, statutes, regulations and case-laws have developed which tend to favor the individual seeking to obtain a benefit through such laws. […]
In filing a Federal Disability Retirement application with the Office of Personnel Management, the very arbitrary nature of the timeline in each individual case makes for a rather frustrating process. […]
The problem with relying upon weekends is the imbalance of perspective which results therefrom. For the universal man (or woman), work constitutes a disproportionate segment […]
In discussing Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, it is important to keep in mind the conceptual distinction between the three “pockets” of compensatory […]
Imagine if you were asked to go into a large warehouse full of items, boxes, stacks of documents, etc., and your instructions were simply: Find what is relevant. You would be lost. […]
A good indicator that an individual is on OWCP Disability, and not on OPM (Office of Personnel Management) Disability, is that the Federal or Postal employee did nothing other […]
Often, during a consultation with a Federal or Postal employee, the issue comes up about what “X said” about “Y-issue”. Information is plentiful, and especially in this age of the internet, […]
The Office of Personnel Management, the Agency which reviews, evaluates and makes determinations upon all Federal and Postal Disability Retirement applications, whether it is under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset, […]
In preparing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, it is important to always distinguish between two conceptual paradigms: priority of an issue, and the importance […]
Being “aggressive” is often a misunderstood concept. It is often taken to mean, “pushing people aside” or stepping outside the bounds of decency or acceptable behavior. […]