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§8111 Additional Compensation for Services of Attendants or Vocational Rehabilitation

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities › CHAPTER 81 — COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERALLY › § 8111

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Labor Secretary can give extra money to a worker who already gets compensation. The worker may get up to $1,500 a month if they need a constant caregiver because they are totally blind, have lost the use of both hands or both feet, are paralyzed and cannot walk, or are otherwise so helpless from the injury that they need full-time care. Someone taking part in vocational rehabilitation can get extra money for living costs, up to $200 a month.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §8111

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Labor may pay an employee who has been awarded compensation an additional sum of not more than $1,500 a month, as the Secretary considers necessary, when the Secretary finds that the service of an attendant is necessary constantly because the employee is totally blind, or has lost the use of both hands or both feet, or is paralyzed and unable to walk, or because of other disability resulting from the injury making him so helpless as to require constant attendance.
(b)The Secretary may pay an individual undergoing vocational rehabilitation under section 8104 of this title additional compensation necessary for his maintenance, but not to exceed $200 a month.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

1966 Act DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 756(b).Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 691, § 105 “Sec. 6(b)”, 63 Stat. 858. Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–767, § 101 (less last 13 words), 74 Stat. 906. In subsection (a), the words “In addition to the monthly compensation otherwise specified in section 751–756, 757–871, 783–791, and 793 of this title” are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (b), the words “pursuant to the Secretary’s direction” are omitted as unnecessary. Administration of this subchapter was transferred to the Secretary of Labor by section 1 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, 64 Stat. 1271 (see section 8145). Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. 1967 Act Section of title 5Source (U.S.Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8111(a)5 App.: 756(b)(1).July 4, 1966, Pub. L. 89–488, § 4(a), 80 Stat. 253.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–534 substituted “$1,500” for “$500”. 1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–416, § 7(a), substituted “$500” for “$300”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–416, § 7(b), substituted “$200” for “$100”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–534, § 3, Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2352, provided that: “The amendment made by section 2 [amending this section] shall take effect October 1, 1990.”

Effective Date

of 1974 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–416 applicable to cases where injury or death occurred prior to Sept. 7, 1974, but only to a period beginning on or after Sept. 7, 1974, see section 28(a) of Pub. L. 93–416, set out as a note under section 8101 of this title. Personnel Not Affected by 1967 IncreaseIncreases authorized under amendment by section 1(54) of Pub. L. 90–83 not applicable to specified personnel, see section 7 of Pub. L. 90–83, set out as a note under section 8103 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 8111

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102