Businesses with 50 or more employees ... the federal government does not require your employer to pay you while you are absent from work. In contrast, short-term disability plans provide you ...

You also must include sick pay from welfare funds, state sickness or disability funds, and employee or employer ... the tax treatment of short-term disability on the federal level.

according to new federal Bureau of Labor Statistics employer survey data. Access to short-term disability benefits has increased to 45%, up from 43% a year earlier and up from 40% 10 years earlier.

It is still illegal to discriminate against a federal employee because of a disability and the federal government is ... employees can file a complaint. There are very short deadlines to complain, and ...

A new federal appeals court ruling could help ... Unum Life paid a claim for her for short-term disability benefits but later rejected her claim for long-term disability benefits.

If an employee gets hurt ... term benefits are available at the federal level. Some states, including California, New Jersey and New York, offer short-term disability benefits.