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Employee Detours and Deviations From Business Trip

Employees may be called upon by their employer to travel for a business purpose. Such travel is generally considered to be in the course of employment and, if injured, the employee will be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. However, if...

Confidentiality of Records

The Social Security Administration, like other federal agencies, is subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The Act prohibits the dissemination of information about an individual that is maintained by the agency including that...

"Residual Functional Capacity" in Social Security Disability Evaluation

As a correlative step in its disability evaluation, the Social Security Administration examines an individual's residual functional capacity (RFC). The nature of the individual's impairment(s) will determine to what degree his ability to work is...

Insurance Carrier Liability and Workers' Compensation

Third-Party Litigation

Workers' compensation carriers have been the subject of third party tort actions initiated by injured workers. The treatment of these actions and the worker's success in...

Supplemental Security Income for Children

Children who are blind or disabled are eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The Social Security Administration (SSA) considers a "child" to be an unmarried individual who is under age 18 or, if under age 22, is a student who...