Jan 7, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
One of the major challenges facing the Nation is how to pay for the programs we have promised (and charged) the country’s workers. The Social Security Payroll tax forces workers to part with 6.2% of their hard-earned wages, plus force the employer to contribute an...
Aug 22, 2014 | Social Security Disability
In a first of its kind court settlement, the Social Security Administration will now provide assistance to two mentally disabled men in San Francisco so they understand SSA’s forms and procedures. Both these men had either lost their Social Security disability...
Aug 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
The Social Security Administration published new guidelines for evaluating fibromyalgia in its disability cases on July 25, 2012. The purpose of the Ruling is to assist SSA’s decision makers in evaluating disability claims with allegations of fibromyalgia. According...
Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Starting March 1, 2013, all Federal benefits, including Social Security payments, went electronic. There are no more paper checks. Social Security beneficiaries here in Colorado as well as across the country will receive their payments by direct deposit or on a debit...
Aug 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
According to an August 8, 2012, PRNewsire press release, D.C.-based advocacy group “Our Generation” has released a report entitled “Social Security Disability Insurance – an Entitlement in Need of Reform.” In the report, the non-profit think-tank elaborates on the...