If you are receiving Social Security Disability payments can you work part time?

A simple answer is: "Yes". However, I have a sense there is more to it. If you are asking more specifically can they work and still receive the benefits then the correct answer is: "It depends".

If you want to know more, a good place to start is to look at how your Disability Income Insurance plan or policy is written. It may have riders that provide for partial benefits after the insured returned to work.

For example, with some companies an insured could choose a partial disability benefit rider. Here is what that rider would do.

When the insured sustains a loss of income as a result of disability but can still perform some work at a lower pay, a partial benefit rider would pay a certain stipulated amount to mitigate the result of the income loss.

For instance, a brain surgeon who lost a finger cannot operate and get paid as a surgeon ever again. However, he or she could teach and receive some income from teaching. If they happen to have a disability policy in force that has a partial benefit rider that covers this situation they can receive the benefit.