Retired Medical staff
I am a retired RN. I retired in april after working at a NH in LeRoy. I went through (as with the rest of the staff) the tragety of how Covid hit. Loosing about 40 residents and 3/4 of the staff also getting Covid, including myself. This year I was called back to work as we now have such a staffing shortage everywhere. After the NH advertised for help all summer/ fall long, even with a retention bonus, they only recieved a handful of applications. So I stayed working. Now, I find that I have succeeded my retirement working limit of $18,900. I knew about the penelty, but did not know of the extent of it. Well, the penelty is to pay $1 for every $2 over your amount back to the government. WOW, what a slap in the face. When I called the SS department, they were nice, but basically said, oh well, that's our policy. Thank God for the administrator at LVG, who wrote a letter to the state legislator who in turn sent it to Washington. I have not heard the end of this yet, Maybe there is a ray of light at the end for all that were pulled out of retirement for the good of people. The only way to improve Human Kind is by Human Kind. Jan Macdonald RN
