The financial impact to the U.S. Postal Service from workersâ compensation fraud cases is so significant, it warrants a good deal of investigative attention. Our special agents â often working with other law enforcement partners â investigate fraud by claimants or providers. The Federal Employeesâ Compensation Act provides workersâ compensation benefits to civilian federal employees,…
Excerpt from APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar M. Gonzalez’ Dealing With Postal Monsters Guidebook Postal workers who are harassed may suffer emotional stress when carrying out their postal assignment duties. At times employees file Workers Compensation claims and are taken aback by the denial of such claims by the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP)…
Statutory Requirement to Review and Post OSHA Form 300A Summary for Calendar Year 2018 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires all Postal Service™ installation and establishment heads to complete and post the OSHA Form 300A, Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, for calendar year (CY) 2018, in accordance with 29 CFR 1904, and…
By Stacey O’Connor – March 1, 2018 BENTON âU.S. District Judge David Herndon has dismissed a former U.S. Postal Service worker’s disability claim. Madelaine Sattlefield had filed a second amended complaint and in response to the Office of Personnel Management’s motion to dismiss, claiming federal court at the Southern District of Illionis had jurisdiction through…
By Vickie Sandlin – July 27, 2017 The prosecution failed to convince a jury of 12 people that Kristi Rae Ness, 54 of Julesburg, was guilty on 12 felony counts of insurance fraud, offering a false instrument for recording, attempt to influence a public servant and forgery of a public record. In May 2015 Ness…
The Federal Office of Workersâ Compensation says thereâs not enough evidence to establish what led to the fatal injury of the worker, a 28-year-veteran of the United States Postal Service. [maxgallery id=”43045″] By Vicky Nguyen, Liz Wagner and Felipe Escamilla December 14, 2015 An East Bay widow whose husband died after he sustained a serious…
Web News Article #: 223-2015 11/30/2015 – The APWUâs Stand Up for Safe Jobs campaign is gaining momentum! Across the country locals have been placing a renewed emphasis on workersâ right to a safe workplace and have been distributing fact sheets outlining those rights. The latest is Fact Sheet #3, Can It Hurt Me? Can…
By Christine Vendel – August 3, 2015 HARRISBURG- Harrisburg police are investigating after a United States Postal Service carrier was attacked Friday while trying to determine who had stolen the contents of a package. The carrier was delivering mail in the 1500 block of Herr Street about 1:40 p.m. Friday when he realized he had…
