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Unfortunately, workplace injuries happen with some regularity in Houston. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to report severe injuries that are work-related. Recently, OSHA released a report that showed the national data from...
When a person has a disability and can no longer work at their regular job, it can result in a variety of difficulties for the disabled person and their family. People in this situation often have to deal with the practical difficulties of trying to pay their normal...
In the current economic environment, it is difficult enough for workers in the Houston area to earn enough income to pay for all of their recurring living expenses. But when a person's health leaves them unable to maintain full-time employment, they may feel that they...
During the past few months, the insolvency of the Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) system has loomed large while Congress has debated ways to handle the cash-strapped program. As a prior post on this blog explained, the most recent report from the Social...
Houston workers have the ability to access disability insurance through Social Security when their illnesses and injuries qualify them for financial assistance. However, the process of securing such benefits can be complicated and confusing for individuals who have...
Most people in the Houston area are not independently wealthy and free to spend the rest of their lives without working. Some people might relish the thought of some day socking away enough money to be in a financial position to retire. Of course, that takes years of...
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is supposed to help people who are too injured or ill to work. American workers fund the SSDI program through their payroll taxes. Thus, it is available to people in Houston, and everywhere else in the country, if they have...
Based on data from last year, roughly 10.9 million people in the United States receive Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits. For many of these people, including some in the Houston area, their reliance on SSD benefits is the result of an injury from a work...
By now, most people in the Houston area are probably aware that the United States Supreme Court recently struck down state bans on gay marriage. Thus, the heavily anticipated decision makes it legal for gay people to marry in Texas and every other state in the...
As we've discussed before, the Social Security Administration's disability program is currently facing an uncertain future. That's because agency estimates show that the trust fund from which disability benefits are drawn will likely run out of funds during the latter...