Can I draw Social Security Disability and Workers Compensation together?
Social Security and Workers’ Compensation are equal but separate programs. The Social Security disability insurance program does not recognize degrees of wage-earning capability as the workers’ compensation program does. Under the rules of Social Security, an employee is either able to work, in which case he doesn’t qualify for benefits, or he can’t work and will be given help. A disability does not need to be work related in order for an employee to collect benefits from Social Security. If you are trying to collect workers’ compensation benefits the illness or injury you have sustained must be work-related. Employees are covered their first day on the job by workers’ compensation. Social Security benefits are only paid to workers and their families when the worker has enough credits to qualify.
Social Security and Workers’ Compensation are equal but separate programs. The Social Security disability insurance program does not recognize degrees of wage-earning capability as the workers’ compensation program does. Under the rules of Social Security, an employee is either able to work, in which case he doesn’t qualify for benefits, or he can’t work and will be given help. A disability does not need to be work related in order for an employee to collect benefits from Social Security. If you are trying to collect workers’ compensation benefits the illness or injury you have sustained must be work-related. Employees are covered their first day on the job by workers’ compensation. Social Security benefits are only paid to workers and their families when the worker has enough credits to qualify. • Can my children receive benefits if I draw Social Security Disability benefits? Weekly compensation benefits are paid to surviving children of workers who have been killed in the course of e
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