Hotline
The OIG Hotline cannot provide status reports or any information regarding
the disposition of your allegation. The information you provide will be processed
according to our internal policies and guidelines, and appropriate action will
be taken.
The OIG generally does not initiate investigations or intervene in matters
related to individual cases, claims, or benefits determinations. As a result,
the OIG typically will not interfere in the administration or adjudication
of your claim or intercede on your behalf in any step of the adjudicative process.
If you believe that the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs did
not properly consider all of the facts in your claim, you may want to consider
pursuing any appeal rights you may have through the workers’ compensation
reconsideration and appeals process. For more information about claimant appeal
rights, contact the OWCP office that handled your claim.
Concerns involving workplace safety and health related matters generally fall
under the authority of DOL’s Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). To report workplace safety and health related concerns, you can contact
OSHA directly at 1-800-321-6742. Alternatively, you can call the National Call
Center for further guidance at 1-866-4-USA-DOL.
To report these types of pay-related matters, you can contact DOL’s
Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division is the DOL agency that addresses
pay-related concerns, including allegations of insufficient pay, as well as
minimum wage and overtime violations. In addition, the Wage and Hour Division
also addresses break related concerns. For further assistance, you can contact
the Wage and Hour Division directly at 1-866-487-9243. Alternatively, you can
call the National Call Center for further guidance at 1-866-4-USA-DOL.
If you received a W-2 statement from your employer and it does not reflect
the appropriate withholdings, you should contact the Social
Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 and provide them with the information that appears on your
W-2 statement.
If you do not have a W-2 statement and you suspect that your employer is improperly
withholding or failing to withhold Social Security, Federal income or employment
taxes, you should report this matter to the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS).
For more information, you can contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. Alternatively,
you can report suspected tax fraud activity to the IRS at 1-800-829-0433. For
additional information, you can also visit the IRS website at www.treas.gov/irs/ci/.
The OIG generally does not initiate investigations or intervene in matters
related to individual cases, claims, or benefits determinations. If you believe
that your state’s unemployment compensation office did not properly consider
all of the facts in your claim, you may want to contact your state’s
unemployment compensation office for more information concerning your appeal
rights and the appeal process.
The OIG does not have jurisdiction over issues involving workplace hiring
or firing issues. In addition, the OIG generally does not investigate allegations
of discrimination in the workplace. You can contact the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for additional information and guidance concerning
workplace discrimination issues and to file a workplace discrimination complaint.
The EEOC can be reached at 1-800-669-4000.
Yes. The OIG does have jurisdiction concerning allegations of fraud involving
Federal workers’ compensation claims. In addition, the Office of Inspector
General for the claimant’s employing agency would also have jurisdiction
over a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim filed by one of its employees.
If you have allegations to report involving a suspected fraudulent Federal
workers’ compensation claim, please contact the OIG Hotline to report
your concerns.
No. The OIG does not have jurisdiction over allegations of fraud involving
non-Federal workers’ compensation claims. If you believe that someone
has filed a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim, and they were not
working for the Federal government or the United States Postal Service when
they filed their claim, you should report your concerns to the workers’ compensation
officials in the state in which the claim was filed. Each state administers
its own workers’ compensation program.
The OIG does not have jurisdiction over union representation issues. The National
Labor Relations Board generally addresses union representation issues
and allegations of unfair labor practices by management and/or union officials.
For further information and guidance, contact the NLRB at 1-866-667-NLRB (1-866-667-6572).
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