Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) (Social Issues, Justice & Status Series) (Social Issues, Justice and Status: American Political, Economic, and Security Issues) - Hardcover

Addison K James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1620817292 ISBN 13: 9781620817292

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US), 2012

Synopsis

The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) is the workers' compensation program for federal employees. Like all workers' compensation programs, FECA pays disability, survivors, and medical benefits, without fault, to employees who are injured or become ill in the course of their federal employment and the survivors of employees killed on the job. The FECA program is administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) and the costs of benefits are paid by each employees' host agency. Employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) currently comprise the largest group of FECA beneficiaries and are responsible for the largest share of FECA benefits. This book examines the key policy issues facing the FECA today, including the disproportionate share of claims and program costs attributed to postal workers, the payment of FECA benefits after retirement age, the overall generosity of FECA disability benefits as compared with those offered by the states, and the overall administration of the FECA program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1620817292
• ISBN 13: 9781620817292
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Addison K James