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Older A worker with scanner in a factory maintaining stocks of finished products on the shelves in a storeroom.

For obvious reasons, people who do physically demanding work are prone to injuring themselves on the job and are more likely than office workers to apply for federal disability benefits. But is technology changing this relationship? We know technology has caused a decline in manual labor, and the blue-collar jobs that remain are also easier…

Senior man working

It’s often true that men in their 50s who’ve done physically demanding jobs for decades develop debilitating conditions. But they’re not old enough to retire and collect Social Security. Particularly during economic downturns, many of these workers have turned to a fallback option: federal disability benefits. While economic conditions and policy changes are primarily responsib…