When you are receiving SSDI/Social Security Disability Ins benefits, you cannot exceed 80% of your pre injury average wages. Between the SSDI and WC benefits, there may be a offset taken by SSA.
Your employer and union pensions do not affect this 80% figure. ONLY workers compensation.
How Workers' Compensation And Other Disability Payments May Affect Your Benefits Disability payments from private sources, such as private pension or insurance benefits, do not affect your Social Security disability benefits.
However, workers’ compensation and other public disability benefits may reduce your Social Security benefits. Workers’ compensation benefits are paid to a worker because of a job-related injury or illness. They may be paid by federal or state workers’ compensation agencies, employers or by insurance companies on behalf of employers.
Other public disability payments that may affect your Social Security benefit are those paid by a federal, state or local government and are for disabling medical conditions that are not job-related. Examples are civil service disability benefits, state temporary disability benefits and state or local government retirement benefits that are based on disability.
If you receive workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits and Social Security disability benefits, the total amount of these benefits cannot exceed 80 percent of your average current earnings before you became disabled.
In filling out the forms for SIF, just include all of your income, WITH a letter explaining where those monies come from. The private pensions should NOT affect your SSDI or WC benefits.
Disability payments from private sources, such as private pension or insurance benefits, do not affect your Social Security disability benefits.
However, workers’ compensation and other public disability benefits may reduce your Social Security benefits. Workers’ compensation benefits are paid to a worker because of a job-related injury or illness. They may be paid by federal or state workers’ compensation agencies, employers or by insurance companies on behalf of employers.
Other public disability payments that may affect your Social Security benefit are those paid by a federal, state or local government and are for disabling medical conditions that are not job-related. Examples are civil service disability benefits, state temporary disability benefits and state or local government retirement benefits that are based on disability.
If you receive workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits and Social Security disability benefits, the total amount of these benefits cannot exceed 80 percent of your average current earnings before you became disabled.
IF you are receiving normal retirement benefits from SSA, NONE of your other income from any source should affect the monthly benefits/entitlement you receive. There could be federal income tax issues though.
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