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A disability Insurance is usually defined as an employee’s inability to perform the duties of the employee’s current position. Paid sick leave and short-term disability plans protect employees against loss of income during temporary absences from work due to illness or accident. Sick leave is provided to most full-time employees, and sickness and accident insurance to a significant but smaller number of full-time employees. Some employees have both sick leave and short-term disability plans, with the two benefits coordinated.
The duration of short-term disability benefits typically ranges from 13 to 52 weeks, although most employees are covered for up to 26 weeks. Short-term disability plans usually specify when successive periods of disability are considered to be separate disabilities and when they are considered to be a continuous disability.
When Does a Disabled Employee Become Eligible for Benefits?
Often, paid sick leave is available to an employee without any waiting period, and it may be used during the interim before sickness and accident insurance payments begin. Under most sickness and accident insurance plans, the disability must exist for at least one week before an employee becomes eligible for benefits. This waiting period is intended to control plan costs and simplify plan administration.
The level of sickness and accident benefits for short-term disability may be expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage of employee earnings. The level and duration of benefits may increase with service. Generally, benefits replace between one-half and two-thirds of a person’s predisability gross weekly income. It is often thought that a higher replacement rate would create a disincentive for employees to return to work.
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