This 3-day course offers in-depth information on the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) Program for those individuals responsible for the administration of the program; from counseling injured employees and their supervisors, to completion of the claim forms and submission to the proper Office of Workers Compensation Program (OWCP) location.
Items to be covered are:
- The History & Background of FECA
- Roles and Responsibilities of the Compensation Specialist, Injured Employee, Supervisor, and OWCP
- Basic Requirements, Rights, and Penalties
- The Types of Available Benefits Under FECA
- The Key Forms–Their Purposes, Completion and Submission Requirements
- The Appropriate Action to Take at Critical Points
- Continuation of Pay (COP)
- Entitlement
- Dates of Eligibility
- Counting COP
- Charging Time Lost
- Election of Sick or Annual Leave
- Controversion
- Computation of Pay
- Light Duty Assignments
- Systems for Logs, Files, and Electronic Record Keeping
- Providing Assistance to the Injured Employee and Supervisor
- Areas of the Claims Process Which Most Often Cause Problems
- Managing Your OWCP Case Load
- Management of Cases
- Long Term Cases
- New Cases
- Returning Employees to Work from OWCP Rolls
- Rehabilitation
- Purchase of Equipment to Facilitate Accommodation
- Identifying and Utilizing Light and Limited Duty