Controversion of Continuation of Pay (COP) by L. Perez The employing agencies, their supervisors, and/ or managers, are improperly withholding, delaying, controverting, and terminating continuation of pay (COP). This is a violation of the regulations of the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP). Background: Continuation of Pay (COP) is a substitute for compensation benefits…
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Category Archives: Workers Comp
OWCP Schedule Awards
OWCP Schedule Awards by L. Perez Schedule Awards are monetary payments for a prescribed number of weeks to federal employees who suffer the permanent total or partial loss of use of those anatomical members, functions or organs of the body that are listed in the schedule as follows: Arms Breast Legs Kidney Hand Larynx Foot…
Continuation of Pay (COP)
Continuation of Pay (COP) by L. Perez Continuation of Pay (COP) is applicable to traumatic injuries only when one files OWCP form CA-1. In essence, COP is a substitute for compensation benefits during the first 45 calendar days of an employee’s wage loss. Once COP begins, the 45 calendar days need not be in succession….
OWCP CA-7:What the Employer Should Do
OWCP CA-7:What the Employer Should Do When An Employee Files An Initial Claim for Compensation Due to Disability or Permanent Impairment by L. Perez Here is what the employer should do when an employee files an initial claim for compensation due to disability or permanent impairment: 1. When an employee is disabled by a work-related…
OWCP CA-2a: Recurrences or New Injuries, New Illnesses
CA-2A: Recurrences, or New Injuries or Illnesses by L. Perez A recurrence of an injury is one of the following: 1. A spontaneous return of the symptoms of a previous injury or occupational disease without intervening cause. 2. A return or increase of disability due to a consequential injury: Example Something that occurs due to…
OWCP CA-2: Occupational Disease or Illness Claims
CA-2: Occupational Disease or Illness Claims by L. Perez Occupational disease or illness is a medical condition produced in the work environment over a period longer than a single workday or shift by such factors as systemic infection, continued or repeated stress or strain, or exposure to hazardous elements such as, but not limited to,…
OWCP CA-1: Traumatic Injury Claim
CA-1: Traumatic Injury by L. Perez Traumatic injury means a wound or other condition of the body caused by external force, including stress or strain, which is identifiable as to time and place of occurrence and member or function of the body affected. The injury must be caused by a specific event or incident or…
Federal Workers Compensation Made Simple
Federal Workers Compensation Made Simple by L. Perez (A) ELIGIBILITY In determining eligibility, OWCP must consider five basic issues: (1) Coverage: whether the claimant is an employee within the meaning of the Federal Employees Compensation Act (F.E.C.A.). (2) Timely filing: whether employee met all applicable time limitations. (3) Personal Injury: whether a personal injury actually…
Federal Workers Aches and Pains Compensable Under OWCP
Federal Workers Aches and Pains by L. Perez All aches and pains could be compensable injuries. If your job caused an aggravation to your condition, then they are compensable. Example: If a federal worker is injured off the job in an auto accident, and if upon returning to work the job aggravates the off-the job…
