Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Issues
The issues upon which the Office of Personnel Management denies a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS are normally rather limited. […] Read More …
reasonable accommodation of federal workers
CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: The Supervisor’s Statement
The Supervisor’s Statement (Standard Form 3112B) should be a form with negligible impact, unless it is to inform the Office of Personnel Management that (A) the individual Disability Retirement […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: Logic versus Pragmatic Social Policy
In a Federal Circuit Court case a few years ago, a dissenting opinion concerning Federal Disability Retirement benefits argued that it was “contrary to logic” to allow for Federal or Postal employees to become eligible for […] Read More …
Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: The Difficulty of Accommodation
For Federal and Postal employees filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, the issue of accommodation must be addressed at some point, and one often wonders […] Read More …
Federal and Postal Disability Retirement: Continuing Confusions
In Federal Disability Retirement law under FERS & CSRS, the issue concerning accommodations can continue to remain a rather confusing area of law. This is especially true when an Agency […] Read More …
Federal Disability Retirement: Accommodation Revisited
There is nothing inherently wrong with an Agency, or the U.S. Postal Service, from providing light duty, limited duty, or “special assignments” to an injured individual, or a Federal or Postal […] Read More …
Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Agency Accommodation Reiterated
In most cases, the agency is unable to accommodate the individual. By “accommodation” is often meant lessening the workload, or temporarily allowing for the medical conditions […] Read More …
Federal and Postal Disability Retirement: If all Roads Lead to …
If all roads lead to Point A, then it is obviously Point A which is of importance; the multiple roads which lead to it, while supportive and secondarily of importance, it is that critical point […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Agencies Rarely Accommodate
For whatever reasons, Federal Agencies rarely accommodate an individual who has a medical condition which impacts one or more of the essential elements of one’s job. Whether the Supervisor […] Read More …
Federal & Postal Disability Retirement: The Futility of Waiting for an Agency
In Federal Disability Retirements, the general rule is as follows: waiting for your agency to act in some way that may prove to be beneficial to your case, is an act of futility. Whether it is to wait for a performance appraisal; whether […] Read More …