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Can I Collect NYS Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Workers’ Compensation?
Posted at: 9/24/2015 11:31 AM
Yes – you can collect both NYS Unemployment Insurance benefits and Workers’ Compensation benefits at the same time. Your eligibility for both benefits will generally occur if you are being paid at a partial disability rate
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Getting Prescription Medications Through Workers' Compensation
Posted at: 9/17/2015 11:26 AM
It is a fact of life in the world of New York State Workers’ Compensation that getting medication is not as easy as your everyday trip to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. One of the main reasons for this is the number of parties
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How Does Worker’s Compensation Affect My Social Security Disability Benefits?
Posted at: 9/16/2015 8:56 AM
If you are receiving Worker’s Compensation benefits and file for Social Security disability benefits, you may not be able to collect the maximum amount of Social Security benefits based on your earnings record. Between Worker’s Compensation and Social Security Disability, you may only receive
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The Insurance Company is Paying Me “Without Prejudice”, Now What?
Posted at: 9/10/2015 9:23 AM
Many times, the carrier will issue payments to you without prejudice. This means that the carrier is taking advantage of Section 21-a of the NYS Workers Compensation Law. Section 21-a allows the carrier to pay you without accepting your case
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Social Security’s 80th Anniversary
Posted at: 8/14/2015 11:12 AM
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Social Security program. The program was signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1935 and was intended to provide “some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.” The program has served our nations workers ever since. Please continue to encourage our lawmakers of the need to protect and strengthen the program.