Letter carriers suffer more injuries than any other federal employees. Injured letter carriers are protected by federal law which is known as the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). The FECA is codified at 5 United States Code 81 (5 USC 81) and its implementing regulations are found at 20 Code of Federal Regulations Part 10 (20 CFR 10).
The FECA established the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) in the Department of Labor (DOL) and tasks that agency with deciding all matters relating to claims for on-the-job injuries by federal employees.
This guide was written to assist shop stewards processing grievances related to OWCP for postal management violations of FECA and postal regulations, however, the best solution to what management does wrong is to take them out of the picture.
The Department of Labor, Office of Worker’s Compensation Program has developed a program called ECOMP, which allows you to file your claim electronically without needing to turn documents in to your supervisor.
You can register in ECOMP at any time. The NALC encourages every letter carrier to be registered in ECOMP.
***The following grievance starters will download in Microsoft Word Format.***
A – OWCP – Injured Worker’s Right to Choose Claim Form
B – OWCP – Failure to Provide Form CA-16
C – OWCP – Failure to Properly Pay IW on DOI
D – OWCP – Failure to Provide-Process COP
E – OWCP – Improperly Calculating CCA COP WLC
F – OWCP – Failing to Provide OWCP with Pay Rate Information
G – OWCP – Improperly Providing a CA-2a instead of a CA-1 or CA-2
H – OWCP – Delaying Forwarding of CA-1 or CA-2 to OWCP
I – OWCP – Failure to Advise Carrier of Right to Choose a Physician
J – OWCP – Failure to Provide Completed Copy of CA-1 or CA-2 to Employee
K – OWCP – Failure to Give Notice of Controversion and-or Challenge
L – OWCP – Improper Contact of Employee’s Physician in person or by phone
M – OWCP – Failure to Provide Copies of Written Contacts with Physician
N – OWCP – Delaying Forwarding of CA-7 to OWCP
O – OWCP – Limited Duty – Employee Put in Standby Room
P – OWCP – Improper and-or Misrepresented Job Offer
Q – OWCP – Limited Duty – Withdrawal Of Limited Duty Job Offer
S – OWCP – Failure to Provide Health Benefit Refund
