Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
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The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act is a U.S. federal law that provides workers’ compensation benefits, including wage replacement and medical coverage, to civilian federal employees who suffer job-related injuries or occupational diseases.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Employees’ Compensation Act canonical | 5 |
| Federal Employees’ Compensation Act program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T454328 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Context triple: [Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board, overseesProgram, Federal Employees’ Compensation Act]
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A.
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is a federal law that provides workers’ compensation benefits to maritime employees injured on navigable waters or adjoining areas used in loading, unloading, repairing, or building vessels.
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B.
Defense Base Act
The Defense Base Act is a U.S. federal workers’ compensation law that extends Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act protections to civilian employees working on U.S. military bases or under U.S. government contracts outside the United States.
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C.
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
The Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board is an independent adjudicatory body that reviews and decides appeals of federal workers’ compensation claims under the U.S. Department of Labor’s jurisdiction.
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D.
Employment Act of 1946
The Employment Act of 1946 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established the government's responsibility to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power, laying the foundation for modern macroeconomic policy and creating the Council of Economic Advisers.
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E.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a U.S. federal law that, among other provisions, allows workers and their families to continue employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for a limited time after job loss or other qualifying events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Target entity description: The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act is a U.S. federal law that provides workers’ compensation benefits, including wage replacement and medical coverage, to civilian federal employees who suffer job-related injuries or occupational diseases.
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A.
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is a federal law that provides workers’ compensation benefits to maritime employees injured on navigable waters or adjoining areas used in loading, unloading, repairing, or building vessels.
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B.
Defense Base Act
The Defense Base Act is a U.S. federal workers’ compensation law that extends Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act protections to civilian employees working on U.S. military bases or under U.S. government contracts outside the United States.
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C.
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
The Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board is an independent adjudicatory body that reviews and decides appeals of federal workers’ compensation claims under the U.S. Department of Labor’s jurisdiction.
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D.
Employment Act of 1946
The Employment Act of 1946 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established the government's responsibility to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power, laying the foundation for modern macroeconomic policy and creating the Council of Economic Advisers.
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E.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a U.S. federal law that, among other provisions, allows workers and their families to continue employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for a limited time after job loss or other qualifying events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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workers’ compensation law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
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U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Labor
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| amended |
1949
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1974 ⓘ 1994 ⓘ |
| appealProcess |
allows administrative review and appeal within the Department of Labor
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allows appeal to the Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
District of Columbia employees (certain categories)
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civilian federal employees ⓘ postal workers ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
injured federal employees
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survivors of deceased federal employees ⓘ |
| benefitsTaxStatus | compensation benefits are generally not subject to federal income tax ⓘ |
| benefitType | no-fault workers’ compensation ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| covers |
job-related traumatic injuries
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occupational diseases ⓘ work-related recurrences of disability ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| excludes | uniformed military personnel ⓘ |
| fundingSource | federal government appropriations ⓘ |
| governs | continuation of pay for certain traumatic injuries ⓘ |
| legalCitation | 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101–8193 ⓘ |
| originalEnactmentDate | September 7, 1916 ⓘ |
| originalEnactmentYear | 1916 ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
to ensure wage-loss protection for injured federal workers
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to provide medical care for work-related injuries and diseases of federal employees ⓘ |
| provides |
continuation of pay up to 45 calendar days for eligible traumatic injuries
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death benefits to eligible survivors ⓘ medical benefits ⓘ schedule awards for permanent impairment ⓘ vocational rehabilitation services ⓘ wage replacement benefits ⓘ workers’ compensation benefits ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide compensation for disability or death of federal employees resulting from personal injury sustained while in the performance of duty ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Civil Service Retirement System
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Federal Employees’ Retirement System ⓘ Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ |
| replaces | tort liability of the United States for covered work injuries ⓘ |
| requires |
claim filing with the employing agency and OWCP
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timely notice of injury by the employee ⓘ |
| scope | covers injuries sustained in the performance of duty ⓘ |
| shortName | FECA ⓘ |
| signedBy | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| standardOfProof | requires causal relationship between employment and injury or disease ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Description of subject: The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act is a U.S. federal law that provides workers’ compensation benefits, including wage replacement and medical coverage, to civilian federal employees who suffer job-related injuries or occupational diseases.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
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administersProgram
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Federal Employees’ Compensation Act program
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linked to: Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
United States occupational safety and health system
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hasLegalBasis
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Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
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