Social Security Law in the United States

by Glynn, Timothy P.

• ISBN13: 9789041140128
• ISBN10: 9041140123
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-22
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Summary

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws,this book describes the social security regime in the United States. Itconveys a clear working knowledge of the legal mechanics affecting healthcare, employment injuries and occupational diseases, incapacity to work,pensions, survivors' benefits, unemployment benefits and services, and familybenefits.The analysis covers the field of application, conditions for entitlement,calculation of benefits, financing, the institutional framework, and relevantlaw enforcement and controls. Allowances for retirees, employees, publicsector workers, the self-employed, and the handicapped are all clearlyexplained, along with full details of claims, adjudication procedures, andappeals.Succinct yet eminently practical, the book will be a valuable resource forlawyers handling social security matters in the United States. It willbe of practical utility to those both in public service and private practicecalled on to develop and to apply social security law and policy, and ofspecial interest as a contribution to the comparative study of social securitysystems.