Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Not all Agencies are Equal

Last Updated on January 18, 2023

No names will be named.  Not for purposes of “protecting the innocent“, because it is doubtful that there are any innocent entities, anyway.  Rather, the knowledge that there are some agencies which are worse than others, is widespread knowledge, anyway; and, indeed, if the agencies are “outed”, it would merely be a redundancy to name them.

There are certain Federal Agencies which, when the name is spoken, it sends shivers down one’s spine, because of the mean spiritedness, the uncooperative attitude, and the sheer incompetency of the Human Resources Department which is designated to process a Federal OPM Disability Retirement application.

Then, there are agencies where the H.R. Department — no matter who in the department is contacted — goes out of their way to assist throughout the entire process.  In these rare cases, they understand the traumatic nature of an employee filing for Federal or Postal Service Disability Retirement benefits under either the FERS system or the almost-gone CSRS employment system.

They realize that the designation, “Human” and “Resources” and “Department”, when taken collectively, means that it is the point where employees come to in order to obtain assistance, to engage in an administrative process which indeed may be very personal in nature, and that the resources sought after require the understanding and compassion of individuals.

Ponder that for a moment — that one’s job may entail, as part of the “essential elements of one’s job” — a showing of understanding and compassion.  Imagine that.

Sincerely,

Robert R. McGill, Esquire
FERS Disability Retirement Lawyer