Respecting Earnings Limitations for Disabled Workers

Typically when one thinks of protecting a disabled worker they think of protecting them from traditional discrimination like treating them disparately, i.e. ridiculing them or denying them opportunities that they are capable of performing. One of if not the most important area of law where disabled workers are concerned is respecting the Social Security earnings limit for those receiving or endeavoring to acquire it...

Many disabled workers are themselves unaware of this limitation ($1,350 in 2022 and $2,260 for blind workers, amusingly) though they are aware that they can work part-time and still receive benefits. In many instances the benefits a disabled person receives, which is determined by their work credits, are not enough to wholly pay their bills and they are forced to supplement their income...

There are people working with very serious illnesses and losing their Social Security benefits because they are either oblivious of the Social Security earnings limitation or their employers simply do not respect this law of limitation and require the disabled worker to work the same number of hours that other employees work. 

Whenever an employee is categorized as disabled they should be paid a set salary of whatever the earnings limitation is for that particular year. The number of hours that a disabled worker works would be determined by dividing whatever the monthly earnings limitation is for that particular year by the wages per hour that the particular position they hold pays and dividing that number by four...

Disabled workers can clock in and out or sign in and out for time tracking purposes, though they should not work over the number of hours that they are lawfully permitted to work and receive Social Security benefits. 

This should be a binding law at all companies that hire disabled workers...

This would additionally help to preserve the health of disabled workers. Allowing disabled workers to work within established parameters and receive Social Security benefits would help them to earn additional work credit and increase their benefits and provide them a safety net during any periods of time that they become incapacitated or are not able to work at all due to their health issues...

It would help to prevent earnings overages and disqualifying any disabled worker from receiving Social Security benefits and/or having to re-pay money that they didn't realize that they could not lawfully earn and receive benefits.