The new general trend in long-term disability benefits and short-term disability benefits is that employers are asking employees to shoulder more of the cost burden. Not only are employees being asked to pay more disability coverage, the length of coverage for...
Month: October 2011
Doctor who faced addiction can continue long-term disability benefits
Many workers in Wisconsin come to rely on their long-term disability benefits at some point in their working lives. Under some long-term disability benefit plans, the ability of workers to receive continued benefits may be reviewed after treatment. One doctor who...
Social Security Recipients to Get a Raise in 2012
After two years with no increase in the cost of living adjustments for Social Security Recipients, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits will increase 3.6 percent as of January 2012. Social Security recipients will see in the increases in their...
Adult baby cleared of Social Security Disability Fraud
Investigations into Social Security Disability fraud are important because investigations help reexamine who should properly receive disability benefits. People who are not legally entitled to receive Social Security Disability but still receive benefits harm the...
Despite ADA disabled can still face challenges while traveling – Part 2
People with disabilities can face challenges when it comes to traveling even though the Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees equal treatment. Over the last two posts we offered travel tips and some may be especially helpful when it comes to traveling outside of...
My boss is evil. Will I receive unemployment if I quit?
Employees who quit their jobs with "good cause" attributable to the employer are entitled to collect unemployment insurance benefits. A recent Iowa case gained national attention over the past week because the circumstances were so unusual. Even Seth Meyers of...
Despite ADA disabled can still face challenges while traveling
During our last post, we wrote about how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guarantees that disabled people are treated equally under the law. Despite the Americans with Disabilities Act people with disabilities can still face challenges while traveling...
ADA guarantees equal treatment but cannot help when traveling outside of country
The Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees that disabled people are treated the same as those without disabilities under the law. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has helped many gain access who could not before its passage but as more people with...
SSA judges advised to slow review of Social Security Disability applications
Workers in the New Berlin area and other areas of Wisconsin who are not able to work because of disability may be familiar with the long review process for Social Security Disability Insurance. A directive given by managers at the Social Security Administration did...
Unpaid interns sue Fox Searchlight Pictures under FLSA
Enforcing your employment rights as an unpaid intern can be a sticky issue. Two unpaid interns who provided their services to Fox Searchlight Pictures during the production of the movie "The Black Swan" have filed a lawsuit against the film company for failing to pay...