FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Agencies
Agencies often engage in acts which clearly impede a Federal Disability Retirement. Think about it. If a Human Resources Department is set up to provide services for the assistance and processing […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Agencies often engage in acts which clearly impede a Federal Disability Retirement. Think about it. If a Human Resources Department is set up to provide services for the assistance and processing […]
“Accommodation” is a legal term of art. At least, in preparing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, it is a specific term, with specific definitions, with underlying […]
Periodically, I remind everyone of the various “1-year” rules which govern Federal Disability Retirement issues under FERS & CSRS. Since there are multiple applications of the 1-year rule […]
In filing an application for OPM Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, there are many questions that are posed for the person who is just being introduced to the concept […]
The problems inherent in filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS are multi-fold and multi-tiered. Even today, after years and years of practicing in this particular area of law […]
Whether or not one should hire an attorney at the initial stage of the process of filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, or whether to wait for a denial […]
For a lawyer, it is indeed the “lost cause” which is the most challenging of cases. This is no less true in Federal Disability Retirement cases for Federal and Postal Employees under FERS & CSRS.
Why do some Federal Agencies (and the Postal Service) act in non-supportive, negative ways, while others go out of their way to support their employees? The answer to […]
I recently wrote an article in FedSmith.com where I argued that the process of argumentation is often just as important as the substance of the argument itself. For instance, […]
Starting from a template is not necessarily a bad thing. One should not have to repetitively reinvent the wheel in any endeavor. It is when one uses a template blindly, without carefully […]