Social Security Administration (SSA) officials gave $5.8 million to dead Californians and sent checks living people being listed as dead, a government watchdog reported Tuesday. “SSA was issuing benefit payments to 83 individuals whose [personally identifiable information] matched that of individuals who died,” the SSA Inspector General (IG) report said. “SSA did not terminate benefit…
An Illinois Social Security worker might get fired after refusing multiple times to watch a gay diversity training video. David Hall, who works at the Social Security Administration office in Champaign, Illinois, faced a two-day suspension after declining to watch a video about creating an inclusive workplace, reports the Huffington Post. A supervisor told Hall twice,…
