If you find yourself disabled for a short time, your employer may offer short-term disability insurance as part of your benefits package to help you retain some income while you recover. There will be ...

Short-term disability is a type of government-run insurance or employer benefit that gives you income replacement for a temporary period when you are unable to work due to a covered illness, injury, ...

Short-term medical disability insurance replaces a portion of your income if you are temporarily unable to work after a qualifying temporary illness or injury. Eligibility and coverage depend on your ...

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Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed an increase in weekly pay for workers taking medical leave in her budget, but some Democratic lawmakers believe the reform should go farther. Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing in her state budget to increase the temporary disability leave benefit for injured workers for the first time in 35 years, and to give it parity with the state’s paid ...

The Superior Court addressed a rather convoluted fact pattern in determining whether an injured worker is entitled to a resumption of their temporary total disability benefits even though they have ...

The state fund that pays out temporary disability and family leave insurance benefits faces a $442 million shortfall. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor) New Jersey workers can expect to pay more in ...

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