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QUESTION: How do I file a workers' compensation claim or check on the status of my claim?

The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs in the Department of Labor administers the

    • Federal Employees' Compensation Program
    • Energy Employees' Occupational Illness Compensation Program
    • Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program and
    • Black Lung Benefits Program.

Workers' Compensation programs for all other employees are supervised by state agencies. A directory of state workers' compensation agencies is located at www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/owcp/wc.htm.



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July 2009


Percentage of people with disabilities in the labor force:

  23.0%

Unemployment rate of persons with a     disability:

    15.1%

 

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