An on-the-job injury should not rob you of your pension. You had no responsibility in the accident that left you injured. You also had no choice but to resign and stop working because of your physical limitations.
Instead of just allowing your pension to be lost, you can fight for it in court if necessary. You can benefit from hiring an assertive lawyer to go after your PERA retirement in Minnesota.
Proving Your Eligibility
The company in charge of safeguarding the pension program may try to argue that you are not eligible for funds from it because you got injured and stopped working. It may try to say that you did not pay into the program or that you did not work long enough for the company to be eligible for payments.
However, your employer can secure your work records and show that you paid plenty into the program. He or she can also show that you worked long enough to qualify under the program’s terms that applied during the time that you worked for the company. You can win your benefits and enforce the right to collect them with a court order.
Your lawyer can also make sure your payments are sent out in due time and that you receive all that you have coming to you. You avoid having to live on just Social Security. You can receive your PERA retirement in Minnesota to which you are entitled.
