20 CFR 10.207
§ 10.207 May an employee who returns to work, then stops work again due to the effects of the injury, receive COP?
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 20 CFR 10.207, § 10.207 May an employee who returns to work, then stops work again due to the effects of the injury, receive COP?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/76478
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:76478@1- SHA-256
4fcae4c5032edd362565680ca1b5063ca5fbfaeabde5eafbae2fb6e35a4b9d23
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
If the employee recovers from disability and returns to work, then becomes disabled again and stops work, the employer shall pay any of the 45 days of entitlement to COP not used during the initial period of disability where:
(a) The employee completes Form CA-2a and elects to receive regular pay;
(b) OWCP did not deny the original claim for disability;
(c) The disability recurs and the employee stops work within 45 days of the time the employee first returned to work following the initial period of disability; and
(d) Pay has not been continued for the entire 45 days.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.