{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-10.509","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 10.509","heading":"If an employee's light duty job is eliminated due to downsizing, what is the effect on compensation?","body":"In general, an employee will not be considered to have experienced a compensable recurrence of disability as defined in § 10.5(x) merely because his or her employer has eliminated the employee's light-duty position in a reduction-in-force or some other form of downsizing. When this occurs, OWCP will determine the employee's wage-earning capacity based on his or her actual earnings in such light-duty position if this determination is appropriate on the basis that such earnings fairly and reasonably represent the employee's wage-earning capacity and such a determination has not already been made and the employing agency has stated, in writing, that no other employment is available.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT","PART 10—CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart F—Continuing Benefits"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"1465984957401aadc2d13d0a85d9cdca8f168a9819a1d0faca9c3eb074bad586","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-10.508","next":"us/20-cfr-10.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}