Posted on October 21, 2009 by federallawyer
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 [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2009 by federallawyer
The term “accommodations” continues to be a highly misused one. There is the general conceptual application, as when an agency attempts to do something to help a Federal or Postal employee by “allowing” for “light duty”, or allowing [...]
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Posted on June 8, 2009 by federallawyer
While I am often asked about the intersecting connection between the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and Disability Retirement laws under FERS & CSRS, and the issue of accommodations, my short answer is that the two areas of law rarely directly intersect. [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2009 by federallawyer
As I stated in my previous blog, OWCP is not a retirement system. Instead, it is meant to return an injured worker back to productivity with his or her agency. This is done through means of providing for medical treatments; paying [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2009 by federallawyer
The problem with Agency efforts to provide an employee with reasonable accommodations is that such attempts are too often than not, neither “reasonable” nor legally viable accommodations. Let’s remember that a legally viable [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2009 by federallawyer
Often, aside from having submitted insufficient medical documentation to support a Federal Disability retirement application, the Office of Personnel Management will deny a case based upon a statement submitted by [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2008 by federallawyer
I am often asked whether or not, at the beginning stages of the process of filing for disability retirement (when medical narrative reports, records, & other supporting information [...]
Filed under: Accommodation and Light Duty, Agency’s and/or Supervisor’s Actions | Tagged: accommodation issues in FERS disability retirement, accommodation under OPM disability law, adverse agency reaction, agency actions against federal employee, agency's loyalty, essential elements of jobs, FERS Disability, filing for OPM disability retirement, Initial Stage of the OPM disability process, notifying the supervisor/agency, OPM disability retirement, OWCP disability, temporary duties or assignment, USPS disability retirement benefits | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 4, 2008 by federallawyer
Postal employees, there is nothing inherently wrong with an Agency offering you modified or light duty assignments. If your Agency deems you to be valuable, they may want to modify your position in order to keep you. However, the mere fact that you accept and work at a “modified” position does not mean that you [...]
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