If you believe that your Social Security disability decision has been delayed as a result of furloughs in your state, you might be relieved to know that the issue has been addressed in court. Hopefully, this means that a shorter wait could be on the way.
According to
The Wall Street Journal,
California governor Schwarzenegger recently put over 200,000 state workers on furlough for three days each month. They do not get paid for these forced days off. This was in an attempt to save the state money, but there are unions pushing lawsuits that claim that the employees are now owed money.
Employees of many state agencies have been affected by the furloughs. They include workers of Department of Motor Vehicles, Transportation Commission, and Social Security disability offices, to name a few. Those against the furloughs complain that not only do they not save the state money,
but they also simply reduce the salaries of state employees and inconvenience customers due to increasingly long wait times. The most recent lawsuit was brought on by Service Employees International Union Local 1000,
which won the case against the governor's furlough decision. This union only represents some state employees, about 95,000, who are all excited about the ruling.
So far,
the ruling is to stop the furloughs of many state workers, though it is likely that the governor will appeal the case eventually. In fact, some officials claim that it will go to the Supreme Court for the final decision. Nonetheless, many are excited about the fact that the court ruled in the union's favor, as at least furloughs will likely be stopped until the case is appealed.
If you live in
California and feel you have been waiting a particularly long time for a decision on your case, this news may be good. It does not mean that your case will be decided immediately, but
it could put more employees back in the SSA offices, which means that you will probably get a decision sooner than if the furloughs had continued. Fort Lauderdale, Florida disability lawyers, LaVan & Neidenberg, represent over 5000 disability claimants. Our disability attorneys have experience with cross examining agency-appointed medical and vocational experts and take time when speaking with you about your disability claim. Call us today at
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Category: Social Security Disability
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