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Local lawyers discuss impact of COVID-19 on disability benefits
NORTHAMPTON – When normal life was turned upside down in March as the pandemic escalated, appeal hearings for people seeking disability benefits from the Social Security Administration began to proceed solely by telephone. Since offices were closed and in-person appearances suspended this month, the Social Security Administration says its judges …
Read More »Can NY learn from 9/11 about COVID-19 disability benefits?
In 2005, four years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York State finally passed a law ensuring that first responders who developed certain illnesses were presumed to have contracted those illnesses on the job, and made those officials eligible. retired for accidental disability. benefits. The measure means that …
Read More »Unum finds more than half of U.S. workers forgo disability insurance and put income at risk
“People are more likely to protect their home, phone or car than their most important asset – their income,” said Chris Pyné, Executive Vice President of Benefits at Unum. “But without a paycheck, they probably wouldn’t even have these other assets.” As to why people lack protection, a third of …
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