Sick Pay
Some employers will offer to pay sick days as an employment benefit. Some employees are able to bank paid sick days and carry them from year to year. Paid sick days will be the first point of access for compensation when absent from the workplace due to illness or injury. That is exactly what the employee benefit was made for.
Short-Term Disability
You may have a Short-Term Disability plan through your employer.This benefit will allow for the continuation of your salary while absent from the workplace for a specified amount of time. Typically, this benefit will last for 30-90 days. Short-term disability benefits are not intended for the worker who will be off for a prolonged period.
Employment Insurance (EI)Sickness Benefits
If you do not have sick pay or short-term disability benefits, you may need to access EI Sickness benefits. The benefit lasts for 15 weeks. This is only a temporary benefit, though it does offer a window for a worker to prepare for and apply to the Long-Term Disability Benefits provider.
This means that you should apply for the benefit before the end of your Short-Term Disability coverage expires.
In most LTD plans, there is an Elimination Period that must be passed before benefits will be paid. The Elimination Period is set by the terms of the policy, it could be 60,90, 120, or 150 days, or some other length.
Questions About Applying for Long Term Disability?
Jeff Mitchell is an experienced Long Term Disability Lawyer who has successfully advanced his client's interests in Toronto, Ontario, and the rest of Canada. To book your free consultation, call toll-free:1-833-633-3585 or jeff@fdlawyers.ca, and tell us more about your disability claim and will tell you how we can help you.
