http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000355&title=What+is+a+Social+Security+%22Disability%3F%22&source=feed A "disability," as far as the receipt of social security benefits is concerned, is not defined the same as for other programs. Social security disability benefits are only paid for total disability; the complete inability to work is the... http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000355&title=What+is+a+Social+Security+%22Disability%3F%22&source=feed http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000303&title=Correlation+Between+Workers%27+Compensation+and+Social+Security+Disability+Benefits&source=feed Workers' compensation and social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits both aim to help disabled individuals by providing funds for income replacement. Though similar in purpose, the programs diverge in their criteria for the receipt of... http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000303&title=Correlation+Between+Workers%27+Compensation+and+Social+Security+Disability+Benefits&source=feed http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000325&title=Supplemental+Security+Income+and+Homeless+Individuals&source=feed The "homeless" status of an individual does not affect his eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Homeless individuals have the same right to apply for SSI benefits as anyone else. To obtain his benefits, a homeless... http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000325&title=Supplemental+Security+Income+and+Homeless+Individuals&source=feed http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000393&title=Federal+Employers%27+Liability+Act&source=feed The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) is not a workers' compensation statute. Rather, it is an alternative avenue by which railroad workers who are injured on the job may be compensated. The FELA allows an injured railroad worker to pursue... http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000393&title=Federal+Employers%27+Liability+Act&source=feed http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000335&title=Pre-Employment+Injuries&source=feed Generally, compensation will be denied for injuries incurred prior to an employee being actually hired. However, courts have tended to reject form over substance and allowed compensation when the employee was hired though he had not finished the... http://www.lsflaw.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000335&title=Pre-Employment+Injuries&source=feed