Konexo Educational Briefing Series
Briefings for every stage of your decisions
Thirty-minute educational briefings across all three Konexo practices — Federal Employee Consulting, Personal & Family Planning, and Business Owner Planning. The programs are separate. The facts are connected.
No documents needed · no commitment
Complete the Intake FormRequest a PresentationThree Seminar Tracks
A briefing for every practice
Each track is a separate 30-minute educational briefing. You are welcome to attend whichever matches your situation — federal employees, individuals and families, and business owners each have their own session.
Federal Employee Consulting
When Health Affects Employment
- FMLA & LWOP
- Medical restrictions
- Reasonable accommodation
- OWCP
- OPM Disability Retirement
Session I — detailed below
See the session detailPersonal & Family Planning
Protecting Income & Accumulation
- Life insurance & risk management
- Long-term accumulation
- Retirement income layers
- Rollovers & transitions
Available on request
Request this briefingBusiness Owner Planning
Building the Plan That Protects It
- Cash balance plans
- Executive bonus
- Qualified vs non-qualified
- Succession & continuity
Available on request
Request this briefingFederal Employee Track · Session I
When Health Affects Employment
Federal employees often deal with leave, FMLA, LWOP, medical restrictions, light duty, reasonable accommodation, OWCP, and disability retirement as separate issues. In reality, the same medical facts, job duties, leave history, and documentation may affect more than one option at once.
Federal Employee Track · Session Content
What this session covers
Federal Leave and FMLA
When leave protections apply and how to use them correctly.
LWOP
How Leave Without Pay affects service computation and retirement eligibility.
Medical Restrictions
What physician-issued restrictions mean and how agencies must respond.
Light Duty and Limited Duty
The difference between the two, and how each connects to other programs.
Reasonable Accommodation
What qualifies, how to document requests, and why the process matters.
OWCP
Workers' compensation benefits, forms, and long-term implications.
OPM Disability Retirement
Eligibility, application, documentation, and the SSDI offset.
Medical Documentation
Why documentation connects all of these programs from the beginning.
How One Decision May Affect Another
The same facts can matter across multiple benefit areas.
The Sequence
How these programs typically connect
Leave
Sick leave, annual leave, and leave sharing exhaust first.
FMLA
Job protection for up to 12 weeks — requires proper designation.
LWOP
Unpaid leave that affects service computation after 6 months per year.
Medical Restrictions
Formal physician restrictions that define what you can and cannot do.
Light Duty / Limited Duty
Temporary assignments based on restrictions — not the same as accommodation.
Reasonable Accommodation
A formal process under federal law — requires documentation and written agency response.
OWCP
Workers' compensation for work-related injuries — interacts with disability retirement.
Disability Retirement
OPM Disability Retirement when restrictions cannot be accommodated in any position.
Why the Connections Matter
How one program affects another
Federal employees often deal with these programs as separate issues. In reality, the same medical facts, job duties, leave history, restrictions, agency responses, and documentation may affect more than one option.
What to Keep in Mind
What the rule says vs. what happens in practice
Federal employees may have protections under law, regulation, agency policy, or a collective bargaining agreement. But having a protection on paper does not always mean everything happens automatically, quickly, or correctly at the local level.
Having a protection on paper is not always the same as being protected in real time.
Requests, restrictions, leave usage, OWCP filings, accommodation issues, and disability retirement questions should be documented and handled carefully from the beginning.
Federal Employee Track · Private Intake
When private intake makes sense
If any of the following apply to your situation, a private intake allows Konexo to understand your specific circumstances before any consultation.
Understand the full picture before any decision is made.
Know Your Options. Protect Your Future.™
Konexo is not a law firm, medical provider, union representative, or financial advisor. Services are educational and organizational in nature. No specific outcome is guaranteed. Final decisions are made by the appropriate federal agency or benefit authority.
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