Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA)
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) What is it? The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) is a federal workers’ compensation program that covers injuries or occupational illnesses that occur on or adjacent to navigable waterways to workers who are engaged in maritime employment, such as loading, unloading, repairing, or building barges […]
Federal Workers’ Compensation
FEDERAL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION What is it? The Federal Workers’ Compensation Program was established to provide compensation to federal employees who were injured or developed an occupational illness as a result of their employment with the federal government. The Program is administered by the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP). […]
EEOICPA Dose Reconstruction Process
In our continuing efforts to make the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) both more accessible and understandable, we’ve created a series of short videos in which Hugh Stephens, Esq. explains the Act, along with the various finer points that claimants need to take into consideration in order to be successfully compensated under the Act. […]
The EEOICPA’s Dose Reconstruction Process Explained
In our continuing efforts to make the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) both more accessible and understandable, we’ve created a series of short videos in which Hugh Stephens, Esq. explains the Act, along with the various finer points that claimants need to take into consideration in order to be successfully compensated under the Act. […]
22 Cancers & EEOICPA
In our continuing efforts to make the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) both more accessible and understandable, we’ve created a series of short videos in which Hugh Stephens, Esq. explains the Act, along with the various finer points that claimants need to take into consideration in order to be successfully compensated under the Act. […]
A Look at the Special Exposure Cohort Process
In our continuing efforts to make the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) both more accessible and understandable, we’ve created a series of short videos in which Hugh Stephens, Esq. explains the Act, along with the various finer points that claimants need to take into consideration in order to be successfully compensated under the Act. […]
EEOICPA: Part B Described
In our continuing efforts to make the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) both more accessible and understandable, we’ve created a series of short videos in which Hugh Stephens, Esq. explains the Act, along with the various finer points that claimants need to take into consideration in order to be successfully compensated under the Act. […]
10 Reasons to Engage EEOICPA Counsel
Claims Examiners in the Department of Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) within the Office of Workers Compensation (OWCP) of the Department of Labor (DOL) often attempt to discourage claimants from engaging EEOICPA Counsel (an EEOICPA Attorney or an EEOICPA Lawyer) to assist with an EEOICPA claim. I think it is important for Energy Workers […]
EEOICPA / DEEOIC Covered Illnesses – Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer is one of the covered illnesses under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) as well as one of the 22 Specified Cancers under the EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) procedure. That procedure establishes a relaxed causation standard and an efficiency procedure, in the place of the more rigorous standard Dose […]