{"id":28167,"date":"2024-06-17T13:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/17\/ask-reg-can-i-receive-social-security-if-im-getting-workers-comp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:09:07","slug":"ask-reg-can-i-receive-social-security-if-im-getting-workers-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/retirement\/2024\/06\/17\/ask-reg-can-i-receive-social-security-if-im-getting-workers-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Reg: Can I receive Social Security if I\u2019m getting workers\u2019 comp?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following is a question submitted by a reader to Federal Times columnist Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and the resident expert on federal employee retirement issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Fed Times reader asks:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI work for the USPS, and I am presently out of work in a leave without pay status. My case was approved by the Office of Workers\u2019 Compensation Programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am presently receiving OWCP payments classified as \u2018total temporary disability\u2019 payments. I am 72 years old and although my full retirement age was 66, I waited until I was 70 years old to collect my SS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My question is that I am now 72 years old and have been collecting my Social Security payments for the past two years, I am collecting both my Social Security and the federal temporary total disability payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I subject to an offset in my Social Security now that I am receiving both?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t