DOL extends comment period on proposed rule changes
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced last Tuesday that they would reopen the comment period for the rule changes to adjudication of EEOICPA claims that they proposed last November, after having originally extended the comment period for an additional month in January. The comment period is now open for another 33 days, lasting until May 9. While […]
Department of Labor to hold public informational meetings on EEOICPA February 22, 23, 24 in Florida
Jacksonville, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies will host four town hall meetings for former, retired and current nuclear weapons workers and their survivors in Florida. On Feb. 22 and 23 in Altamonte Springs and Feb. 24 in Tampa, federal representatives will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational […]
US Reps. from South Carolina Wilson and Clyburn express their support for sick nuclear workers
Two U.S. Representatives from South Carolina, a Democrat and a Republican, have spoken out about compensation for sick Nuclear Weapons Workers and the state of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act after Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat, wrote a letter last week to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, […]
DOE or DOD, Department of Energy (DOE) Employees and Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employees and Compensation under the EEOICPA Program Administered by the Department of Labor
A number of claimants have contacted our office recently concerning whether employment at an Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) designated facility gives rise to compensation under the EEOICPA program. The workers involved were employed at the designated facility and that employment was during a Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) time period. They also […]