Becoming disabled has a huge impact on your family’s financial future. At stake is your job, your income stream, your medical benefits and your retirement benefits. Knowing your legal rights before you become disabled, or are about to become disabled, could make a big difference. In addition, knowing your options, like workers compensation, is important.

Private Disability: What You Need to Know

This site provides some common sense do’s and don’ts in an attempt to address the legal concerns of employees who have become or are about to become disabled. Among the topics addressed are “obtaining disability benefits,” “overturning a denial of disability benefits,” “saving your job,” “leaving your job,” “maximizing your pension,” and “retaining your health care benefits.”