The 5th St of the 5-Step Sequential Disability Determination Process: Can the Claimant do other work
Aug 17, 2012
The main function of the fifth of the five-step sequential disability determination process is for the SSA to prove that the claimant is able to perform other jobs that exist in significant numbers; on...
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The Fourth of the Five-Step Sequential Disability Determination Process: Past Relevant Work
Aug 17, 2012
During the fourth of the five-step sequential disability determination process, the Vocational Expert ("VE") takes the claimant's assigned Residual Functional Capacity ("RFC") for work and matches it a...
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The Importance of The Dictionary of Occupational Titles in the Social Security Disability Process
Aug 17, 2012
The DOT is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor that provides basic occupational information by classifying jobs into occupations based on their similarities and also defining the structure an...
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The 4th & 5th Step of the 5-Step Sequential Disability Determination Process: Policy Objectives
Aug 17, 2012
At the fourth of the five-step sequential disability determination, the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") relieson VE testimony on a limited basis; at the fifth step, however, the SSA relies heavily on ...
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Functional Aspects of Social Security Hearings: Steps 1-3 of the 5-Step Process
Aug 17, 2012
Like most valid and recognized adjudication systems, the SSA's five-step disability determination process is based on the notion of fundamental fairness. Understanding how the five-step process works i...
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Indiana Employment Law and the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"): Protections Available To Employees
Aug 14, 2012
The State of Indiana is considered an employment-at-will state. This means that an employer can fire an employee for any reason, whether good or bad, as long as it is not an illegal reason.
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Indiana Employment Law: When commissions and bonuses are treated as wages
Apr 23, 2012
Indiana Code 22-2-9-1 defines "wages" as "all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, or commission basis, or ...
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Overview of Indiana Worker's Compensation Benefits
Feb 10, 2012
This Guide discusses the three main worker's compensation benefits available to workers in the State of Indiana. Generally, most worker's compensation cases will involve some form of compensation invol...
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How to file a workplace discrimination charge
Feb 02, 2012
The purpose of this guide is to assist employees who believe they have been discriminated against in the workplace by co-workers or by their employer....
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Social Security Disability: Basics About The DIB and SSI Programs
Aug 21, 2011
The SSA, with the authority granted to it by the Social Security Act, provides cash and insurance benefits to individuals through two disability programs, both of which use the same disability determin...
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