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Author: Your job is killing you
It isn’t just that your boss is demanding and that the hours at your Charlotte job are long and hard. It isn’t just that you are expected to do a lot for the company while getting little in return. It isn’t just that you have little control over what you…
Social Security Administration finally gets modest budget boost
In recent years, one of the safest, easiest places for Congress to make budget cuts was at the Social Security Administration. A recent Reuters column points out that the cuts have made it difficult for customers to get information, help and services. Who are Social Security’s customers? Mostly the retired,…
Another form of work: determining SSDI work requirements
When most people hear the words “Social Security,” they think of retirement benefits to be received after a person chooses to stop working. For more than 10 million people, the words “Social Security” have a very different meaning: they have been prevented from continuing their careers by a disabling medical condition.…
Driverless vehicle strikes, kills pedestrian
Proponents of self-driving technology say that it will revolutionize transportation. Driverless vehicles will consume less fuel and spew less pollution into the air. Proponents also say we will reduce traffic congestion, and perhaps best of all, dramatically reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities. Those claims are…
Study: opioid prescriptions elongate work-injury leaves
When you suffer an on-the-job injury at your Charlotte workplace, the first thing on your mind is getting medical attention to ease the pain and to begin the healing process. A new study shows injured workers spend more time recuperating from their injuries when they receive long-term opioid prescriptions. Researchers…
North Carolina Social Security Disability wait longer than average
If someone cannot continue working because of illness or injury, the wait for disability benefits now exceeds two years. According to a recent news article, the wait here in North Carolina for Social Security Disability benefits is slightly longer. More than 38,000 people in our state are waiting to hear…
North Carolina mom, young son killed in head-on highway crash
The laws of physics are unforgiving. When two vehicles collide head-on, the occupants of the bigger, heavier vehicle have a much better chance of walking away than the occupants of the smaller, lighter vehicle. Unfortunately, this very scenario recently played out on a North Carolina road. The results were tragic…
March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Spring is underway here in Charlotte. It’s a time of year when many area residents enjoy walking around the city to observe budding trees, blooming flowers and returning birds. The sights of revitalized nature have a way of lifting spirits that were chilled by winter. Those sights also remind us…
Three killed in high-speed North Carolina highway crash
The loss of young life is especially difficult to accept for those who are left behind. Bright futures full of love, families, careers and more are all taken away in an instant. There are some North Carolina families grappling today with that very painful reality. We’re thinking of the three…
Waiting and waiting for Social Security Disability benefits
From every paycheck you have earned, the federal government dipped in and took a percentage of it to help pay for Social Security Disability Insurance and other societal safety nets. The idea is to provide a limited income to those who are prevented from working by injury or illness. The problem…
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