Last September, Amazon fired Jordan Flowers, a co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union. Flowers believes he was targeted, not only because he is organizing for worker rights, but also because he is ...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently released the results of a major study on disability and work patterns. The latest in a series of well-executed, random-assignment demonstrations ...
On July 26, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act. 1 Widely regarded as landmark legislation, the ADA extends civil rights protections to the disabled and mandates ...
Licensed social worker and disability consultant Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a rare group of disorders better known as brittle bone disease. Those with brittle ...
Brenda Powell had suffered a stroke and was in debilitating pain when she called the Social Security Administration last year to seek disability benefits. The former Louisiana state office worker ...
The growth in disability rolls is a concerning economic development. Often times, the focus is on the cost of this insurance. However, there is perhaps an even greater cost: the millions of people ...
Offsets are a tool insurers use to reduce the benefits they owe an injured worker by deducting benefits the worker receives ...
The “Ticket to Work” program is just one of the many work incentive provisions built into the Social Security disability programs. andresr / Getty Images Q: I am 57 years old and getting Social ...
Social Security Disability is the federal program, supported by payroll taxes, that pays benefits to people who cannot work due to a medical condition. In order to qualify, you must have a medical ...