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The Workers Compensation Act provides for benefits in the form of compensation for disability or death of an employee from an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, regardless of the cause of the injury. Death benefits are payable to dependent survivors who are the responsibility of the workman prior to the injury. All employers who have in their service five or more workmen regularly in the same business or in or about the same establishment under any contract of hire, expressed or implied, are required to obtain coverage under the Worker's Compensation Act. There are certain excluded employers who are not required to obtain coverage under the Act, but these may elect to obtain coverage if they wish. Worker s compensation payments would be counted as unearned income for TANF. This income would then need to be coded on the UNIN screen in MAVERICS as "SK". This will count the income in the Food Stamp and TANF budgets. For information on persons who appear eligible for these benefits, write to the Workers Compensation Commission, Attention: Commission Secretary, P. O. Box 5300, Jackson, Mississippi 39296-5300. SEVERANCE PAY Severance pay is considered unearned income. This is not to be confused with wages and salaries after employment ends (for example, the last pay check) which is considered earned income. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS Employees covered by these benefits are those persons employed by all railroads engaged in interstate commerce, including the Railroad Express Agency, the Pullman Company, the railroad associations, and the railroad labor organizations. Benefits cover major wage-loss situations: death, age, disability, unemployment, sickness, and maternity. Benefits are available for regular railroad employees retiring with at least 10 years of service.

Information concerning benefits can be obtained by writing or faxing the office listed below. Also, persons wishing to apply for or discuss benefits should write to the office listed below to arrange an interview. Railroad Retirement Board 500 Poydras Street Suite 1045 New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone (877) 772-5772 Fax (504) 589-4899 MISSISSIPPI TEACHERS' RETIREMENT MISSISSIPPI [ INCOME: UNEARNED INCOME ] Revised 10 - 01 - 14