Lawyers Answer: Are My Social Security Benefits Safe? Next month Social Security reaches its 80th anniversary – on August 14, 2015. Established in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt, the Social Security system was put in place to assist “the most vulnerable members of the American public.” And – while the Social Security Administration has planned […]
About The Original Workmen’s Compensation Law – In 1910, representatives of various state commissions met at a conference in Chicago and the Uniform Workmen’s Compensation Law. Although this innovative new law was not overwhelmingly adopted, the Uniform Workmen’s Compensation Law became the blueprint for state “Workmen’s Compensation” statutes. By 1920 all but eight states had […]
How Long Does Social Security Disability Approval Take? Unfortunately, it is hard to predict exactly how long it will take for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to decide your SSD case. Currently there is no law in place setting a deadline or fixed time period for the SSA to review your case. However some lawmakers […]
Speeding Up Social Security Benefits: Expedited Decisions – The SSA will expedite (speed up) the Social Security Disability approval process in critical cases that fall within very specific categories. A Social Security Case can be expedited (processed faster), if: the SSD applicant served in the military on or after October 1, 2001, or the SSD […]
Defense Base Act Lawyers Discuss New Double Recovery Case Law – A new decision from the “Benefits Review Board” came down recently that allows “double recovery” (or “double dipping”) in certain Defense Base Act cases, under certain circumstances, for certain types of contractors. The Defense Base Act specifically states that the liability of an employer […]
How War Hazards Compensation Affects Defense Base Act Cases – What is the War Hazards Compensation Act? Generally speaking, the War Hazards Compensation Act is a program whereby the United States government repays insurance companies for the benefits those companies paid to injured workers whose injuries were caused by a “war-risk hazard”. What is a […]
Lawyers Update on Defense Base Act Remedies – A new decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in a Defense Base Act case discussed remedies that are – and are not – available to injured DBA contractors and longshore workers. This important decision was made in the class action case […]
2015 Changes Affect Longshore & Defense Base Act Cases – Significant changes have recently been made to the procedures for handling Longshore and Defense Base Act claims. The new “Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges” effect how claimants and their lawyers need to handle both Longshore […]
List of Public Employee Benefit Systems with CalPERS Reciprocity – Reciprocity is an agreement between different public retirement systems that allows employees to move from one public employer to another public employer – without losing valuable benefit rights – including retirement or disability retirement. If you were a member of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System […]
What Happens to CalPERS Benefits When You Change Retirement Systems? NOTE: the scope of this article extends only to applying and implementing the California Public Employees’ Retirement Law (CalPERS); it does not extend to laws or regulations governing how other public retirement systems are administered. Public employees occasionally move from one employer to another. For example […]
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