We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »
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Do Social Security Employees Like Their Jobs?
Job satisfaction is something every working person strives for. No one wants to work at a job they hate going to every morning, they want just the opposite, they want to like their job and feel they are important pieces to an overall successful enterprise. Federal employees are no different. Job satisfaction is something we… Read more »
Keeping Track Of Your Social Security Records
We are early into 2018 and the beginning of a new year, through mid-April, always means one thing – tax time. By early February many Americans are gathering their tax documents from the previous year, and those who received Social Security benefits in 2017, should be on the lookout for form SSA-1099. This form shows… Read more »
The Latest With Social Security
A new bill that impacts Social Security benefits could be out soon. The bill, which is primarily coming from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), focuses on family leave for new parents. The basics of the bill allow new parents to take extended leave from work without being a burden to their employer by allowing them to… Read more »
Good Thing President’s Social Security Budget Won’t Be Implemented
President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal for the Social Security Administration was recently released and there was nothing surprising about it. Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019), which begins Oct. 1, 2018, looks very much like the FY 2018 budget. The FY 2019 proposal is flat, meaning it does not increase spending for operating… Read more »
Independent Determinations On Disability Claims
Social Security makes independent disability determinations. This determination is based on all of the evidence from all sources in your individual case. Do Disability Decisions By Other Agencies Affect SSA’s Determination Of Disability? A decision by any other governmental agency or a nongovernmental entity about whether you are disabled, blind, employable, or entitled to any… Read more »
How Social Security Covers Public Safety Officers
Police officers and firefighters are government employees and since government employees have their own types of retirement plans it can be confusing about how public safety officers are covered. Social Police officers and firefighters covered by a retirement system can be covered under a Section 218 agreement, but not all are covered, but it really… Read more »
What You Need To Know About The Trial Work Period
There are all sorts of rules related to work activity when it comes to a Social Security disability case. The key factors of a work situation that many people do not realize relate to amount of income and sustainability of a fulltime job. Even people who are impaired can work somewhat, but their impairments usually… Read more »
Social Security’s Totalization Agreements With Other Countries
Some Americans do not spend their entire professional careers working in America. Some actually work in other countries that have similar types of Social Security programs to cover them should they retire or become disabled. When an American worker is actually covered by Social Security and another country’s similar type of program it falls under… Read more »
The Social Security Administration Makes Efforts to be Accessible to All People
In an article released in its April 2014 newsletter, the Social Security Administration (SSA) highlights the variety of ways it provides its services in order to accommodate people with disabilities. The SSA’s goal is to provide good customer service and to make sure that all people are able to access its programs and services. All… Read more »
