New Lawsuit Regarding State Social Security Disability Payments and Unemployment Benefits

Thursday, September 9th, 2021 -- 8:04 AM

(Bill Wise, WRN) A Wisconsin law states people receiving Social Security disability payments can not receive state unemployment benefits at the same time.
 
That’s at the center of a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday.  The suit alleges the Wisconsin unemployment system discriminates against people who are disabled.

The end of federal unemployment assistance last weekend means more than 150 thousand Wisconsin workers who get S-S-D-I payments are automatically disqualified from receiving state benefits.

The claim is that Wisconsin’s current practice is in violation of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.  When the law was passed eight years ago lawmakers said they were trying to stop fraud and “double-dippers.”

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