Re: disability claims.......

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unemployment is for when there is no work at his job or layed off disablity is when he is physicaly unable to do his jiob due to a disablity or surgery or illness and there is a week waiting peroid and a do has to put him off work .. you get 2 thirds of your normal pay before taxes,, it usually last up to a yr depending on earnings but if his job has limited time he can take off without looseing his job mine has a limit of 3 months can loose your positon and be put anywhere else in the job and any shift if they like and at 7 months you no longer have a job now this is a major company TARGET and that sucks in my opinion .. i am off on workmans comp so it does not effect me at this time

good luckRandy Mendez wrote:

Randy goes in for surgery Tuesday. The nature of his business, studio driver, means he has been on hiatus for the past month.... of course now that work is back , he gets his date.... sigh. Anyway, my question is.....we just got unemployment regulated. Because he drives, lots of pulling and tugging of stuff, and climbing up and down off equipment.....should we file for disability? It pays more we think....never did it before. But there is a lag time of a week, and if I get my date right away....and I should.... that lag might make it tough. We are confused about whether we should just stay on unemployment, or go for the disability just in case he is out a little longer than the four weeks due to the exertion of his Job physically. decisions, decisions.... what have you guys done? Many of you are Kaiser employees so maybe someone out there knows about this process more than we do.

Thanks!!

Sue in Palmdale

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Sue, hi, its Pam Marsh here again. I work for Kaiser

(with Robynn) and I filed for disability. Just before

I went out for my surgery they gave me my doctors note

indicating how long I would be out from work. I took

it down to the disability office there at the hospital

and they handled everything. You are correct, there

is a 7 day waiting period but because I work for

Kaiser and I was hospitalized for the surgery, I have

something that is separate from my regular sick time.

Its called Extended Sick Time which kicked in right

away. By the time my stuff was processed, I was

getting my regular two weeks check and then I started

getting my disability checks so there was no gap in my

pay.

I hope that answered you question but I am almost

certain that it didn't. If not, I am sorry.

Pam Marsh

--- Randy Mendez mendez6@...> wrote:

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> Randy goes in for surgery Tuesday. The nature of his

> business, studio driver, means he has been on hiatus

> for the past month.... of course now that work is

> back , he gets his date.... sigh. Anyway, my

> question is.....we just got unemployment regulated.

> Because he drives, lots of pulling and tugging of

> stuff, and climbing up and down off

> equipment.....should we file for disability? It pays

> more we think....never did it before. But there is a

> lag time of a week, and if I get my date right

> away....and I should.... that lag might make it

> tough. We are confused about whether we should just

> stay on unemployment, or go for the disability just

> in case he is out a little longer than the four

> weeks due to the exertion of his Job physically.

> decisions, decisions.... what have you guys done?

> Many of you are Kaiser employees so maybe someone

> out there knows about this process more than we do.

>

> Thanks!!

>

> Sue in Palmdale

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