DOL announces final rule updating procedures for Federal Wor

by **admin** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:29 pm

DOL announces final rule updating procedures for Federal Workers' Compensation Act claims [06/28/2011]
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs today released a final rule that revises and modernizes the procedures used in administering claims under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. The rule, published in the June 28 Federal Register, modernizes those procedures to increase fairness and efficiency, updates the regulations to account for recent statutory changes and incorporates advances in technology that preserve administrative resources.
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