Recently in the funnies, one of America’s favorite cartoon characters, with the weird hair and beautiful deli-owning wife, who works in an office with a crusty old boss, recently reported his work injuries to his insurance company. One of his “injuries” was being “spritzed” by the boss. The insurance company wondered if this was covered. …
In a recent case, the employer tried to claim that a worker intentionally injured himself on the job, which would have made the injured worker ineligible for workers compensation benefits. According to witnesses, the injured worker was walking back to the job site as a co-worker was driving a forklift in the same direction. The…
Workers’ compensation law requires injured workers to get a work release from their doctor that tells the employer that they cannot work or that they can only do modified work. It is important to get the work release every time you see the doctor and give it to your employer. It is a good idea…
Marge of the Garrow Law office recently attended a seminar on what is new in Oregon workers’ compensation law. A new case holds that if you work for your employer out of your house, you may still be covered by workers’ compensation for hazards you encounter at your home. In the recent case, the worker,…
Many people think of Social Security as just a retirement program. The official title of the Social Security Act is the Federal Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Benefits Program. It isn’t merely a tax on your earnings. It is an insurance program that serves young workers as well as retirees. Social Security payroll deductions…
The Social Security Administration recently enacted a rule preventing individuals with denied claims from filing a new claim while the first claim is still on appeal. This new rule could be harmful to individuals whose appeals have taken months or years to resolve while they wait with no benefits. Our national organization, NOSSCR, is busy…
More good news for Oregon workers injured on the job. A new law which goes into effect January 1 2012 allows the worker and workers’ compensation insurer to agree on the amount of medical payments to be paid out of a Disputed Claim Settlement (DCS) and the worker is protected from collection actions from the doctors…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced cost of living (COLA) and other changes for its disability program, beginning January 1, 2012. Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2012. The maximum taxable earnings increases to $110,100,…
From its inception in 1935, Social Security has been an insurance program. The Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust Fund from which benefits are paid are funded by payroll taxes and interest paid on investments in securities backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government….
In another important decision for injured workers, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board decided that if workers injured on the job who have short-term disability benefits through your work, may still receive time loss (temporary disability) benefit paid by the workers’ compensation insurance company, as well as short-term disability benefits. These benefits are not the same…
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