NALC's Compensation Department provides information on the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and its administration by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), assists national business agents and through them branch officers who represent members before OWCP and/or the Postal Service on FECA issues, and provides direct representation to those members who have filed appeals with the Department of Labor's Employees' Compensation Appeals Board. 

Department head Linda Temple is unable to respond to inquiries from individual letter carriers except those with appeals at the national level. NALC members with questions about workers' compensation must contact their NALC National Business Agents.