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Agency Office of Worker's Compensation Programs
Acronym OWCP
Hierarchy Department of Labor. Employment Standards Administration.
Docs Reports
URL http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/owcp_org.htm
Notes Administers three major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents who experience work-related injury or occupational disease. These programs, the Federal Employees' Compensation Program, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program, and the Black Lung Benefits Program, serve the specific employee groups who are covered under the relevant statutes and regulations by mitigating the financial burden resulting from workplace injury.
Subjects COMPENSATION AND EARNINGS LABOR