The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA): Workers' Compensation for Federal Employees | |
Szymendara, Scott D. | |
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. | |
关键词: Government employees; Workers'; compensation; Occupational health and safety; | |
RP-ID : R42107 RP-ID : R42107_2017Apr26 |
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美国|英语 | |
来源: UNT Digital Library | |
【 摘 要 】
This report discusses the Federal Workers Compensation Act (FECA) which governs disability and death benefits for federal employees who are injured, become ill, or are killed on the job.Key policy issues facing the program, including the disproportionate share of claims and program costs attributed to postal workers, the payment of FECA benefits after retirement age, the overall level of FECA disability benefits as compared with those offered by the states, the administration of the FECA program, and the costs associated with prescriptions for compounded medications are also discussed. A legislative history of the FECA program is provided in Appendix B.
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