Short-term disability will start quickly but might only last three to six months.

A few states also provide short-term disability coverage for workers.

A. Short-term disability and workers' compensation insurance are required by all states.

These conditions have lifelong consequences and often result in a short-term disability.

Some employers and a few states offer women short-term disability payments for pregnancy.

Short-term disability kicks in soon after a claim is made but generally stops within two years.

Some companies pay for short-term disability and make the long-term optional, sometimes at a reduced cost to the employee.

First Chicago had stored its data from medical costs to short-term disability absences in a single computer system since 1987.

Wages are paid for six weeks by the employer before the employee goes onto short-term disability benefits.

State and local governments provide short-term disability benefits and health care benefits.

The drivers say they hope the council will use its lobbying muscle to help them obtain health coverage and short-term disability insurance.

While some programs give money to people with partial disability or short-term disability, Social Security does not.

It encompasses paid sick leave, short-term disability benefits, and long-term disability benefits.

Short-term disability insurance covers a person for a period typically up to six months, paying a stipend each month to cover medical bills and other necessities.

Unlike the short-term disability of say, the flu, CFS symptoms linger for at least six months and often for years.

Australians who are temporarily unable to work due to illness, injury or a short-term disability may be eligible for Sickness Allowance.

Many people effectively have only a short-term disability policy as part of their benefit package, often up to two years because of restrictive definitions of disability.

Sick leave, short-term disability leave and vacation time remain the foundation of the benefits system concerning leaves of absence and are distinct from this innovative program.

In the United States, short-term disability (STD) is not provided by many employers, however, some states do require it for up to 26 weeks.

Policies may be designed to cover long-term disabilities (LTD coverage) or short-term disabilities (STD coverage).

Paul Botkin, a health-issues specialist at William M. Mercer Inc., a personnel consulting firm, said he had seen a perceptible increase in short-term disability applications.

There is usually an elimination period of 30 to 180 days before the benefits will begin, so it typically picks up where short-term disability ends (if STD is offered).

Ms. Smith received short-term disability assistance from her employer for the first six months of her illness, but her initial application for Social Security Disability Insurance was turned down.

Policies, which typically pay around 60 percent of an individual's pretax salary, can cover both short-term disabilities, which may keep someone out of work a few weeks, and long-term disabilities, which may last years.

From November 6, 2006 through November 11, 2006, around 100 of The T's trade union workers went on strike action, citing the agency's policy regarding termination of employees who had used up their short-term disability benefits.