54Freedom.com Legal Posts
Disability Benefits in California - eligibility for SDI
In addition to unemployment benefits compensation for those workers who are not disabled, the unemployment insurance code of California provides for disability compensation under Unempl. Ins. Code sections 2601 and 3272. Unemployment compensation disability benefits are paid from the disability fund. A worker is deemed disabled on any day in which, because of physical or mental condition, he was unable to perform his regular or customary work. Disability may include illness, injury, pregnancy, childbirth, infection with a communicable disease, acute alocoholism, or acute drug-induced illness.
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You Must be Disabled for a Year for Social Security Disability or SSI
The definition of disability used by the social security administration states that your condition must be severe enough that:
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Obama and Social Security Disability
Over the next few months, Obama will tackle the issues he discussed during the heated presidential debates, ranging from the American economy to tax benefits to the war in Iraq. It can be speculated that Senator Obama’s success or failure in reforming America’s Social Security will be one of his most challenging issues as president of the United States in 2008.
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What Barack Obama’s Presidency Will Mean for Social Security Disability
With the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, Americans have shifted their focus, directing their attention to Obama’s new cabinet members, and how the Obama administration will address and take on national issues. One issue of focus that was not fully addressed during the election is the topic of Social Security Disability. A national disability lawyer takes aim at what we can expect from an Obama administration relative to the topic of SSDI and SSI disability.
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Gates: Follow law on PTSD-disability rating
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has issued a policy stating that the military will follow a new law requiring that service members being medically retired for post-traumatic stress disorder be rated at least 50 percent disabled, a provision of the 2008 Defense Authorization Act.
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ADA expansion opens disability protections to additional workers
The almost two decade-long tug-of-war between employers and employees over the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act suddenly favors the employees.
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Justice Department blasts state schools for the disabled, threatens to sue Texas
AUSTIN – Residents of Texas’ state schools for the disabled are in so much danger of neglect and mistreatment that their constitutional rights have been violated, the U.S. Department of Justice charges in a scathing report sent to the state this week.
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DISABILITY BENEFIT TIP OF THE WEEK: Pre-existing Conditions
When you file for Short and Long Term Disability, your insurance company will try to determine whether your disabling condition is a pre-existing condition. Depending on the provisions of your plan or policy, the period during which a condition would be considered pre-existing varies.
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Vets Fight DoD Rule on what Constitues a Combat
In a little-noticed regulation change, the Pentagon’s definition of combat-related disabilities is narrowed, costing some wounded veterans thousands of dollars in lost benefits. Injured veterans engaged in new combat In a little-noticed regulation change, the Pentagon’s definition of combat-related disabilities is narrowed, costing some wounded veterans thousands of dollars in lost benefits.
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Amended Law May Let More Workers Assert Disability
What is the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act amendment that will be signed into law on the first of January? Kelton Research LLC conducted 1,000 online interviews of Americans 18 and older for the Bobby Dodd Institute, an Atlanta nonprofit that assists people with disabilities.
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