CalPERS Makes Health Plan Change for 2019 – What is CalPERS? CalPERS (The California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board of Administration) is the retirement and health security program for state, school, and public agency members and public servants. The CalPERS pension fund serves more than 1.8 million members in the CalPERS retirement system, in additon […]
CalPERs Disability Retirement FAQs – CalPERS (The California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board of Administration) is the retirement and health security program for state, school, and public agency members and public servants. The CalPERS pension fund serves more than 1.8 million members in its retirement system. The experienced disability lawyers at Cantrell Green are among […]
Social Security Lawyers Explain How to Calculate SSDI – Eligible Social Security Disability Insurance claimants receive benefits each month that are calculated based on their “average lifetime earnings” before they became disabled. Your Social Security Disability amount is NOT based on your household income or how severe your disability is. In other words, the amount of […]
California Lawyers Explain Difference Between Social Security Disability & Supplemental Security Insurance – When an individual becomes disabled they often refer to the benefits they receive simply as “Social Security” – but there are actually several different programs that fall under the umbrella of the Social Security Administration, including: Social Security Retirement Insurance, Social Security Disability, Supplemental Security Income. […]
Social Security Lawyers vs. Advocates in Long Beach – Our Long Beach attorneys explain the difference between Social Security Disability lawyers & Social Security Disability advocates. Many of the Social Security Disability “firms” that you see on television in Los Angeles, California are “advocates,” and are not actual law firms. So be careful and informed when […]
Los Angeles Lawyers Answer Longshoreman Benefits Questions: Can I Sue a Third Party, if I Collect Longshoreman’s Workers Comp? Receiving longshoreman’s benefits does not prohibit you from hiring a lawyer to file a lawsuit against a third party whose negligence may have contributed to your injuries. However, there is a very limited time period for […]
Long Beach Lawyers Explain Defense Based Act and “Unusual” Injuries Abroad – U.S. Government contractors operating abroad are required to provide workers compensation for their employees by a law called the Defense Base Act (DBA). This obligation extends to providing workers comp benefits for anyone employed overseas by the company – regardless of the nationality of the […]
Is Social Security Disability Taxable? (2018) Many people mistakenly believe that since they paid payroll taxes out of their paychecks to fund their Social Security Disability benefits, theior SSDI checks will not be taxable. Unfortunately this is not always the case. In some situations, benefits that Social Security pays are indeed taxable under federal income tax. […]
Watchdog Reports Reveal Problems at Social Security – Recent “watchdog” reports have revealed several problem plaguing the strained, underfunded Social Security Administration. Unless changes are made, our experienced Social Security attorneys worry that the agency may cease to effectively serve older and disabled Americans, even before 2034, which is the currently projected year in which […]
Can I Get Social Security Disability for Obesity? Obesity used to be listed as an impairment in the Social Security’s “Listing of Impairments” but it was removed in 1999. However you can still collect Social Security Disability for obesity under some circumstances – although it is more difficult than it was before. The reasoning is that many […]
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