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KnockKnock
I seem to recall them saying you only needed about 30+ hrs to carry you through to the start of STD. Dianne is a wizard at working with us and figuring out the best and most financially responsible way to reach STD and then LTD. they’ll use a combo or vacay time, remaining sick time, and if necessary, reduce pay to 30 something hrs to cover your monthly pay and remain on payroll. The additional 20% at $13 a month ensures you get a higher percentage of your guarantee if you go out on STD. She helped me out a couple of years ago with exactly this scenario. So using SLMU to ensure you have enough SL to carry you through is a very good reason to use it and another reason to strike it from the list of negatively perceived pick ups.
P.S. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Be safe out there
Happy Thanksgiving! I haven't seen anywhere in the disability section that says you must remain on payroll to receive the benefits. It even says in the LTD section there that you do not need to use vacation or sick time during the 6 month waiting period. I'm just assuming people would want to so that they have some income coming in during this process.