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OPM Disability Retirement: Accommodations and the Elegance of the Hedgehog

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A French film (The Hedgehog) loosely following upon the novel (The Elegance of the Hedgehog), focuses upon the hidden life of an unnoticed individual, and through her providing a platform of unraveling the fears, aspirations, class differences and how we treat […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Loss of Empathy

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Does it establish the existence of empathy if a person asks after someone’s health or wellbeing? If, in the next moment, the querying individual does something which would constitute “backstabbing”, does it negate the previous sincerity of the asking? […] Read More …

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: The Maverick

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Medical Retirement Benefits for Government Employees: Social Isolation

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Federal and Postal employees who contemplate filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, often feel a […] Read More …