Are all employees eligible for Short Term Disability (STD) benefits?
Provided your group policy includes STD, and the employee is eligible for the coverage in all other respects as described by your policy, you need to be aware an insured must experience a loss of income while disabled to qualify for disability benefits. Owners, proprietors, partners, or shareholders or any other person who continues to receive some form of income during the disability are not eligible for STD benefits and should not be enrolled in this coverage.
