Sen. Daniel Akaka says it’s time to give federal workers’ compensation regulations “a closer look.” The Homeland Security and Government Affairs subcommittee that he chairs will discuss the topic in a hearing on Tueday.

In his planned remarks for the oversight hearing, Akaka raises concerns about a proposal by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to automatically transfer disabled employees receiving workers compensation into the federal government’s retirement program once they reach retirement age.

“I have deep concerns that this would create a substantial and unfair income reduction for many elderly, disabled (Federal Employees Compensation Act) recipients,” Akaka wrote in the remarks he plans to deliver on Tuesday. “Recipients’ retirement annuities would be based on their salary and years of service at the time of their injuries; there would be no adjustment to account for normal career progression that these injured employees missed out on.”

According to a statement posted earlier this year to her website, Collins said she is concerned “that individuals with no intention of returning to work continue to receive these benefits.” For example, she says that 132 of the U.S. Postal Service workers receiving workers’ comp are in their 90s.