20 C.F.R. § 701.201
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is responsible for administering the LHWCA and its extensions.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co.
Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co. (1992)
“The Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), a part of the Department of Labor, 20 CFR § 701.201 (1991), appeared as a respondent before the full Court of Appeals to defend the interpretation and decision of the Board.”
Price v. Stevedoring Services of America, Inc. (2012)
“Nonetheless, the Director has not promul- gated notice-and-comment regulations that undergird his current position, although he has the authority to issue inter- pretive regulations and has done so with respect to other issues.”
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. (1995)
“20 CFR §§ 701.201 and 701.202 (1994); 52 Fed.”
Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo (1977)
“20 CFR §701.201 (1976).) It concluded that some federal participation was proper and did not reach the question whether the BRB should have been substituted for the Director.”
Ceres Gulf and Esis/ina v. Cleaster Cooper, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (u.s. Department of Labor (1992)
“See New Orleans Public Serv., 732 F.2d at 463-64. 10 The Director’s interest springs from his role in administering the LHWCA.”
Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems, Inc. v. John H. White and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Progr (1982)
“§ 939 , but the Secretary has delegated that duty to the Director, 20 C.F.R. § 701.201 . 10 . Although this 1977 report does not have the authoritative value of legislative history made contemporaneously with the passage of the 1972 amendments, it nevertheless is persuasive…”
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Elizabeth O'Keefe (1976)
“20 C.F.R. §§ 701.201 , 701.-202 (1975). Most of the actual administration of the statute is effected by deputy commissioners who are authorized by the Director to process and determine claims for compensation in the various compensation districts of the country.”
Shahady v. Atlas Tile & Marble Co. (1982)
“20 C.F.R. §§ 701.201 , 701.-202(a). 3 Because we believe the Director’s central role in the legislative and regulatory scheme dictates in large part our result to grant the Director automatic status as federal, party-respondent, we will briefly journey through the administrative…”
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. General Dynamics Corporation (1992)
“20 C.F.R. § 701.201 (1992). The Secretary delegated to this Office “all functions of the Department of Labor with respect to the administration of benefits programs” under the Act, 20 C.”
Keller Foundation/case Fndn v. Joseph Tracy (2012)
“See 20 C.F.R. § 701.201 ; 20 C.F.R. § 1.1 . The Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board (BRB) reviews appeals from the decisions of administrative law judges that arise under various statutes, including the LHWCA.”
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. General Dynamics Corporation, E (1992)
“§§ 908 (f)(2)(A), 944; 20 C.F.R. §§ 701.201 , 701.202; Legrow, 935 F.”
Wood v. United States Department of Labor (1997)
“20 C.F.R. §§ 701.201 -.203. But neither the Secretary nor the director reviews the decisions of the ALJs or the Review Board, which by statute are now reviewable only in the courts of appeal.”
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