The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) provides retirement and disability benefits to eligible workers. If you become disabled, you may be eligible to receive FERS disability retirement ...

An appeals court recently ruled that federal employees’ disability retirement benefits cannot be denied solely based on a lack of “objective” medical evidence.

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Reston Town Center that specializes in federal employee, ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...

Career-stopping chronic medical conditions don't have to leave federal employees out in the cold. Those facing an early end to their time in government because of illness or injury can take advantage ...

A federal court has drawn a clear line for HR: trouble getting to work is not the same as being unable to do the job. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on May 27, 2026 that a ...

For employees in 6(c) positions, law enforcement, firefighting and air traffic control, that risk is part of the job. It also means your career may not follow a straight line to retirement. Injury, ...

The federal government now boasts more workers with disabilities than at any time in the past two decades, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday. Executive branch agencies employed ...

The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) provides retirement and disability benefits to eligible workers. If you become disabled, you may be eligible to receive FERS disability retirement ...