GAO: FECA Changes Would Hurt Claimants with Families the Most

Proposed changes to the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) would decrease benefits for claimants with dependent families while increasing benefits for workers without dependents, according to a study by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO). A U.S. Department of Labor proposal to set a uniform level of compensation for workers collecting workers' compensation benefits under FECA would tend to hurt claimants with families to pay for, according to the GAO report, released last month.The GAO examined the Department of Labor's proposal to amend the current FECA ben...