Employee-paid Income replacement plan for an employee who is unable to work due to pregnancy/childbirth, disabling injury, or illness. To be eligible to receive benefits, the employee must be under a doctor's direct and continuous care. If the disability is not work-related, benefits from this plan are coordinated with benefits from Short-Term Disability. After the waiting period is met, the plan, combined with all other sources of disability or retirement, pays 70% of the employee earnings up to $10,000 a month, for up to 12 months of temporary disability. If the employee is still disabled after 12 months, the employee may be eligible for plan's provision that pays long-term disability benefits.
Note: UC does not participate in the employee-paid California State Disability Insurance (SDI) plan because the UC offers its own plans to employees.