Employers Should Know

Workers Compensation

The Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation, and other benefits to federal workers or their dependents who are injured at work or acquire an occupational disease. Click here for more details about these programs.

Individuals injured on the job while employed by private companies or state and local government agencies should contact their state workers' compensation board.